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Smoking bylaw passes

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF

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Red Deerians will now have the right to tell smokers to butt out in some outdoor spots in the city.

By a vote of 7-1 council adopted its revised smokefree bylaw that bans smoking within 10 metres of playgrounds, sports fields, spray parks, skating rinks, toboggan hills and skate parks on Monday.

The new bylaw also expands the definition of smoking to include other lit substances like cannabis

that generate second-hand smoke.

“I don’t think it’s enforceable,” said Coun. Buck Buchanan, who voted against the bylaw. “I believe the concept is right but when the initial bylaw was in 2005, I wasn’t around. To put it out and say here. You set a whole group of problems for people who try to enforce them.”

Coun. Paul Harris unsuccessfully tried to expand the bylaw to ban smoking along parade routes, pub-

lic markets and children’s festivals. Harris said it makes sense to add these amendments while adopting the bylaw as opposed to putting it on the shelf for another six months.

But councillors felt they did not feel comfortable adopting a bylaw “on the fly” without allowing administration to fully vet the proposed amendments.

At its last meeting on Jan. 21, council passed a resolution to consider expanding the bylaw at a later date but no specific time line was determined.

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Plebiscite on ward system rejected

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In 2010, a total of 5,526 Albertans died from the disease and cancer accounted for 27 per cent of deaths — the second leading cause of death after circulatory system disease.

Grundy said people sometimes wonder if the money they keep donating towards cancer research is making a difference.

“Actually, there’s a lot happening and here’s some bottom-line proof. Fewer people are dying of cancer and people are living long who do have cancer.

That’s got to be encouraging.”

Red Deer city council voted against holding a plebiscite on a ward system during this fall’s civic election.

By a vote of 5-3, council rejected on Monday a motion brought forward by Councillors Frank Wong, Buck Buchanan and Chris Stephan to put a question about a ward voting system on the Oct. 21st municipal election ballot. Councillors said the timing is not right and there are bigger issues that need attention.

“Bigger picture issues have been put on the back burner because our community has been divided over issues like bike lanes and chickens,” said Coun.

Tara Veer. “I think there is some community sentiment for a ward system or go to a plebiscite for a ward system.”

Veer said the city has received some letters in support and against ward systems but there has not been an compelling response in either direction.

She would rather the city steady its focus to crime prevention, safety and financial sustainability.

Stephan, however, said there is an appetite in the community and the issue will come back in another six months becoming an election issue.

Stephan said residents should have a right to decide how they want to be governed which is an essential part of democracy.

Stephan unsuccessfully tried to put a ward question on this spring’s Ipso Reid Survey after the motion was defeated. Stephan said by not consulting the public, council is not keeping in the spirit of the dialogue charter.

“The struggle I see is people’s personal feelings have entered into the decision-making of why you support it and why you don’t,” said Stephan.

“I think we need to remove that.”

Coun. Dianne Wyntjes questioned what has changed since council affirmed keeping the existing at-large system in April 2012.

“If we ever go to plebiscite, that should be an issue that our citizens and voters decide,” said Wyntjes. “Is this the time? Yes in four or five years we may be there. If we go to a plebiscite, I will show citizens my card . . . I prefer representation at large.”

Buchanan said he has heard from the citizens that they are under represented and are not satisfied with the representation.

“People have said the question is how do we get better dialogue or better communication ?” said Buchanan.

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Death from cancer on a steady decline: report

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Mortality rates for cancer fell 2.8 per cent yearly between 2004 and 2010, according to new reports from Alberta Health Services.

“That, I think without a doubt, is due to our improved treatment and care that we’ve been able to offer. I think that’s a huge source of hope as well,” Dr. Paul Grundy, AHS Cancer Care senior vice-president and senior medical director, said on Monday when the 2010 Report on Cancer Statistics in Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Registry Report were re-

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PLEBISCITE: Not the way to go about it “I know what I think but I would like to hear from other people.”

Coun. Paul Harris said other councillors may have heard this is a pressing issue in the community but he has heard more about the quality of life issue including crime, safety, park improvements, business climate, pot holes, transit.

“We need to work together and stand together to build this community,” said Harris. “I feel that a ward system and going to a plebiscite would create a dialogue in the community about things that aren’t important to us as a whole.”

Coun. Lynne Mulder said this is too big of an issue to be decided by checking ‘yes or no’ on a ballot.

Mulder said she would like to hear more from the public about what they would like, but she doesn’t think a plebiscite is the way to go.

“I believe we gave it careful thought last April,” said Mulder. “I don’t think anyone said we would never again look at whether a ward system would work. But we did say maybe it wasn’t the right time.

I’m not convinced a plebiscite is the way to go. I certainly believe in public input.”

Coun. Cindy Jefferies was absent. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

CANCER: Radiation treatment available soon in Red Deer Later this year, radiation treatment will be available for the first time in Red Deer. The expanded Central Alberta Cancer Centre is expected to open in October or November at Red Deer Regional Hos-

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Grundy said it means Central Albertans will have better access to treatment and clinical studies.

“Our estimate is about 80 per cent of patients in Central Zone will be able to receive their full cancer treatment planning and treatment in Red Deer. But there will be about 20 per cent of patients who will have more rare diseases, which will require more complicated treatment, which we just can’t reproduce in Red Deer.”

Two radiation oncologists have been recruited and will arrive in Red Deer in the spring.

Grundy said there is no significant difference in cancer statistics based on where people live the province.

In 2010, the provincial cancer rate for males was 413 per 100,000 and the mortality rate was 158.

The rate of cancer for females was 348 per 100,000, with a mortality rate of 118.

For 35 to 64 year olds, cancer accounted for 37 per cent of deaths — more than circulatory and digestive system disease combined.

“Our rates may be going down, but when you adjust for the age of the population and for population size, the numbers are up,” Grundy said.

In 2010, 15,232 cancer cases were diagnosed in Alberta.

The most commonly diagnosed cancers were breast, prostrate, colorectal and lung.

Lung cancer was the leading cause of cancer deaths for both men and women.

Grundy said by 2030, cancer cases are expected to double due to the aging and growing population.

“If we’re going to be able to manage this, we really have to do a better job at preventing more cancers because it’s going to be hard to manage that many people with cancer with our resources.”

He said cancer prevention programs have made a difference.

“We believe that we’re seeing the positive impact now of decreasing lung cancer rates of men from the 1990s. The downside of that is the figures show the lung cancer rate for women is still going up.

“I think the men’s statistic proves we can make a difference here and the women’s statistic is saying we’re not doing enough yet.”

But Albertans must also do their part, Grundy said.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — William Shatner is about to get beamed up to outer space, in real life.

The actor who played James T. Kirk in Star Trek won’t actually be using a transporter room. He’ll be chatting with space by phone.

On Thursday, the Montreal-born actor will be participating in a call with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is currently aboard the International Space Station.

Hadfield will also be visible on a video link, which will be broadcast on the Canadian Space Agency’s website.

Their hailing frequency was opened last month, as the men had a brief exchange on Twitter.

Using his best Trekkie vocabulary, Hadfield confirmed to the fictional starship captain that he was in “standard orbit” and had detected signs of life on the surface.

The Canadian Space Agency subsequently reached out to Shatner and invited the 81-year-old actor for a longer chat.

It has arranged a 10-minute conversation Thursday morning from L.A. Hadfield’s video link will be carried live on the CSA’s website: http://www.asc-csa. gc.ca/eng/webcast.asp But chatting by phone will probably be the only way that Shatner will actually reach beyond the Earth’s atmosphere — because he’s not actually enthralled with the idea of space travel.

It was widely reported several years ago that he was offered a ticket on one of the suborbital flights being planned by Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic. Shatner said at the time that Branson had offered him a spot which would have cost US$200,000.

After performing a quick risk-benefit assessment, the Star Trek legend decided to take a pass.

“I said, ’Well, that ($200,000 ticket is) not much.

How much do you guarantee to come back?’ And he didn’t have a price on that,” Shatner said at a 2011 news conference at his alma mater, McGill University.

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BYLAW: Returning in three months The bylaw will be brought back in three months to allow council to consider other amendments.

Harris said the research has been done and the issue is becoming more complicated than it needs to be. Harris said he satisfied that a time line has been attached to bringing back the bylaw for more revisions.

Last year the city received requests from residents to expand the bylaw to further protect children. The concerns centred on places at events children are likely to be at, such as farmers’ markets, street festivals and sporting events. This year the city has received about a dozen letters in support of expanding the smoke-free bylaw even more to parade routes, transit stops and markets.

In other council news: ● Starting March 1, fees for garbage collection, recycling, landfill, water and wastewater will increase. On average, residents will pay $4 more, for a total utility bill of $98 per month. City council approved the utility rate bylaw. ● The city’s building and development permit fees will increase on average 8 per cent (for residential) and 15 per cent (for non-residential). The fee hike puts the permits in line with market rates and with municipalities of similar size. The adjustment should provide a more stable and sustainable funding source and the ability to maintain inspection service levels. City staff have met with representatives from the Canadian Homebuilders Builders Association and the Red Deer Construction Association before the fee adjustment. The fee hike was approved in the 2013 operating budget and the amendment to the license bylaw was adopted on Monday. ● City council voted in favour of Coun. Tara Veer’s motion to set up a community capital strategy. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Redford shuffles cabinet REMOVES TWO MINISTERS, REDUCES CABINET BY ONE

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Alison Redford has reduced her cabinet by one and shuffled out two rookie ministers, including one who came under fire for her expenses.

Deputy premier Thomas Lukaszuk will take on additional responsibilities as minister of enterprise and advanced education. He replaces St. Albert member of the legislature Stephen Khan in that portfolio.

Richard Starke, a retired veterinarian who was elected in the Vermilion-Lloydminster riding in last spring’s election, takes over tourism from Christine Cusanelli.

Cusanelli came under fire last year for mishandling her personal expenses when she billed taxpayers to fly her, her mother and daughter to the London Olympics.

In a government release Monday, Redford explained the changes as reaction to a projected $6-billion revenue shortfall in the March budget and what she referred to as the effects of the “bitumen bubble”.

“Recognizing the impact of falling resource revenues on our bottom line, my government will lead by example with a smaller, more focused cabinet,” said Redford.

“These changes will allow us to continue to build Alberta by putting a priority on economic diversification and growth.”

Lukaszuk said having one less minister sitting around the cabinet table will save some money.

“I can’t tell you what the dollar value will be but there will be definite savings ... We are tightening our belts.”

He gave credit to Khan and Cusanelli for work-

‘RECOGNIZING THE IMPACT OF FALLING RESOURCE REVENUES ON OUR BOTTOM LINE, MY GOVERNMENT WILL LEAD BY EXAMPLE WITH A SMALLER, MORE FOCUSED CABINET.’ — PREMIER ALISON REDFORD

ing hard and said Redford is simply “refocusing the province and our priorities in view of the budget.”

“You pick individuals that you think are in position best to deliver for the province and that’s the decision she made.”

He wouldn’t say if Cusanelli lost her post because of the expense ado last year. “I can’t comment on that. It was a very difficult decision the premier had to make.”

Every department is facing cuts in the upcoming budget, said Lukaszuk, who added he’ll be looking at efficiencies in his portfolio as well. But he said it’s too early to say whether he will amalgamate any services at post-secondary institutions.

He said the new portfolio, in addition to his tasks as deputy premier, gives him a lot of work to do.

“I’ve been joking that I will be moving my bed into my office shortly because I thought I was busy and now I will be extremely busy.”

The Opposition Wildrose said the changes are cosmetic and suggested they are intended more as damage control.

“I think governments only turf cabinet ministers when they’re in deep trouble and they want to change the channel,” said Shayne Saskiw, the Wil-

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THE CANADIAN PRESS BOYLE — Arrest warrants have been issued for two men after separate home invasions in northern Alberta that left a man in his 80s with serious injuries.

RCMP say the senior was allegedly stabbed early Saturday morning when the intruders burst into his home on the Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement northeast of Edmonton.

The suspects allegedly broke his nose and elbow when an attempt to steal his car was thwarted.

Mounties say the invaders then went to a second home where they convinced a 70-year-old woman to let them in to use the phone before they allegedly assaulted her and stole her vehicle.

Police are looking for Dakota Clane Boudreau, who is 20, and a 41-yearold man, David Norman Boudreau.

They say the pair may be driving a greycoloured 2005 EXT Cadillac Escalade with Alberta licence plate HMU-232.

Flight takes long way home EDMONTON — A direct-flight home to Edmonton after a relaxing Mexican vacation turned into a run of bad luck for more than 170 passengers when their flight was delayed for several hours in Calgary.

Their Sunwing flight was scheduled to leave Cancun at 4 p.m. Saturday and arrive in Edmonton just before midnight, but the departure was delayed for three hours.

The plane then landed in Calgary and passengers say they were told they would not be leaving until 6:00 a.m.

Sunday.

They also say requests for food and water went unanswered and when takeoff time arrived, their flight was again delayed for three hours.

Daryl McWilliams, a Sunwing Travel Group spokesman, says headwinds forced the flight crew to divert to Calgary, and a new crew had to be called in because the first one had been working too long.

McWilliams also says passengers were offered

a $20 meal voucher and another $150 rebate for their next trip.

Canadian-based Sunwing is a subsidiary of Sunwing Travel Group and has bases in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City.

Passenger sentenced LEDUC — A Calgary man has been sentenced for disrupting an Air Canada flight last fall.

Justin Frank, who is 36, was on a Calgarybound flight from London’s Heathrow airport on Oct. 20, when he became unruly, causing minor damage to the plane.

He also pleaded guilty to assaulting a passenger and female crew member.

Frank was subdued and strapped to his seat by crew and passengers prior to the flight being diverted to the Edmonton International Airport.

Provincial court Judge Marilyn White ordered Frank to pay $15,200 to Air Canada to cover the costs of damage, fuel and crew for the diverted flight.

She also gave Frank a one-year suspended sentence and a $4,000 fine under Aeronautics Act. In addition, Frank will have to report to a probation officer, complete 25 hours of community service and

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Man sentenced for attack on baby

New Brunswick premier tours oilsands, pushes for eastern pipeline

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY — A man is going to prison for violent assaults on a newborn baby in Calgary.

A judge has sentenced Dale Kunath (’COON-ath) to 10 years, describing his crime as — quote — “despicable, disgusting and depraved.”

Court heard Kunath lashed out at his girlfriend’s six-week old boy because he was upset she was seeing the child’s biological father.

Kunath earlier pleaded guilty to aggravated assault. The judge gave him 21 months credit for time already served, leaving him with a total sentence of eight years and three months.

The Crown had recommended Kunath serve up to 16 years behind bars.

FORT MCMURRAY — After about a year of negotiations, it’s hoped a visit from New Brunswick’s premier will help a proposal for a pipeline between Alberta and eastern Canada.

Premier David Alward arrived in Alberta Sunday for his three-day visit and headed north Monday to tour Alberta’s oilsands.

The visit comes after year-long talks on proposals to bring Alberta oil east in an effort to make the resource available to more markets outside of the United States.

Recent news on the subject has revolved around the largest refinery in Canada, the Irving Refinery in St. John, N.B., which would allow Alberta oil to be processed before it’s sent overseas.

“We’re looking to demonstrate why we think it makes great sense for Alberta crude to be able to be supplied right across the country, including St. John,” Alward said Sunday night.

He also talked about the financial problems facing Alberta, and how

transporting the product to his province could help landlocked Alberta deal with the “bitumen bubble.”

“Right now Alberta is not getting full value for their resource,” Alward said.

“That means every Canadian is not getting full value for the resource. “(In order) to diversify the markets, we think New Brunswick can and needs to be part of the solution.”

The Irving Refinery processes 300,000 barrels of oil each day, but it’s not working at full capacity — it’s believed it could handle up to 1,000,000 barrels each day.

The plan is in the very early stages, and must still go through the regulatory process, a process that has already begun in another high-profile pipeline proposal, the Northern Gateway Pipeline.

However, the east-bound project is expected to garner less opposition than the pipeline through British Columbia, which is still the subject of a number of protests and environmental groups petitioning against it.

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“It’s understandable that they would want to change the channel with the budget crisis and these never-ending ethical standards.”

Cusanelli admitted last year she misunderstood what could be charged and didn’t handle her personal expenses well.

Documents showed she was ordered in August to pay back $10,600 for improper personal expenses racked up since joining the legislature and cabinet following last April’s election.

Cusanelli’s expenses included 31 separate items that needed to be repaid.

The largest cost was $4,078 for two airline tickets to London during the Olympics. Cusanelli was working there in an official capacity promoting the province.

“It took premier Redford two months to turf Cusanelli, a cabinet minister, for incorrectly charging taxpayers 31 times in a five-month window,” said Saskiw.

“This is just reflecting the judgment of premier Redford that took this long to make this change and she ultimately wears the decisions that were made in that department.”

In a tweet, political scientist Duane Bratt from Mount Royal University in Calgary expressed his opinion that the move hurts the Alberta cabinet’s diversity.

“Losing one of the few women and visible minorities and replacing them with two white guys,” he pointed out.

NDP leader Brian Mason said the move wasn’t a surprise.

“There are dealings within the PC cabinet that we are not privy to and these adjustments are a symptom of discontent within Redford’s caucus.”

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Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013

Why won’t we diversify?

Alberta’s Tories never got the memo. Or if they did, they’ve long since forgotten.

That would be the memo every financial planner worth his or her salt sends out to clients: Diversify, diversify, diversify!

Forty-plus years later and it would appear that Alberta is MARY-ANN less diversified BARR than ever — our dependence on oil is stronger than ever.

And to emphasize the point, what do we suppose is the first part of an online tool Premier Alison Redford’s government has created to allow individual Albertans to try their hand at the budget process? Well, it’s deciding what the price for a barrel of oil might be over the next year, of course.

And that speaks loudly to diversification, or lack thereof, of Alberta’s economy.

I’ve been around just long enough to remember the calls to arms (economic) in the Peter Lougheed days, and

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even as recently as the Ed Stelmach premiership, where there was noise about Alberta’s need to diversify its economy.

Instead, what we continue to see is boom and bust and boom and bust, and Albertans continually being at the mercy of the price of oil.

And this year, as we know, dark days will soon be here as something called the “bitumen bubble” crawls out from under the bed, set to burst and spread horror via the provincial budget. If you live in this wonderful, beautiful province, you should be concerned about the budget, which comes down on March 7. If you aren’t directly affected, you will be indirectly.

The government is facing a $6-billion deficit — that is, a shortfall in spending versus revenue coming in.

The premier and deputy premier have both signalled things are far from rosy as a lower price of oil means the province is receiving about $75 million a day less in revenue. That price of oil is lower than what was forecast.

The non-renewable resource has saved our bacon, or fried it, time and again. This time looks like we’re going to fry.

And yet if the Progressive Conservatives would have done things differently, the impact of volatility in oil prices could be smoother — if our economy

was more diversified.

The talk continues to this very day not about diversification but about building pipelines to get the raw product to market somewhere else. That somewhere else benefits from jobs created not in Alberta, but where the oil ends up. It’s such a blow for our social and economic infrastructure, for example, to make two steps forward, and then one back when the price of oil doesn’t meet expectations for a sustained period.

It’s been 66 years since Leduc No. 1 blew (Feb. 13, 1947), changing Alberta’s economy from mainly agriculture to oil and gas based. It’s been largely a marvelous ride since, but we still have this terrible vulnerability to the ups and downs of oil prices.

In 1974, three years after Lougheed formed Alberta’s first Conservative government, he indicated he wanted our dependence on oil reduced over the next 10 years.

Speaking to CBC in 2012, Lougheed said: “We should be refining the bitumen in Alberta and we should make it public policy in the province. That would be a better thing to do than merely send the raw bitumen down the pipeline and they refine it in Texas, and that means thousands of new jobs in Texas.”

The non-profit think-tank the Pem-

bina Institute developed an Economic Diversification Index (EDI) that compares Alberta’s economic diversity with that of the Canadian economy as a whole.

“The EDI indicates that the diversity of Alberta’s economy was less diverse than Canada’s from the mid1970s to the mid 1980s. From the mid1980s to late 1990s, it was more diverse than that of Canada. In 2000 and 2001, the diversity of Alberta’s economy declined and was less than the diversity of Canada as a whole. Less diversity implies greater economic vulnerability and reduced resiliency,” the institute said.

Today, the government might argue that the standard of living in Alberta is testament to its diversification, but that’s a bit of a lie. We just have to look at the budget major concerns being expressed because of the price of oil.

Our good standard of living could be gone quickly if that price were to continue to be low for a prolonged period.

Meanwhile, as the provincial government prepares to present a tough budget, Albertans might want to try out the online budget process. Go to www. budgetchoice.ca to give it a whirl.

Mary-Ann Barr is the Advocate’s assistant city editor. She can be reached at barr@reddeeradvocate.com or by phone at 403-314-4332.

The high cost of failing to act HOW, AND WHEN, DO WE TACKLE POVERTY? On Saturday, it became widely known that Alberta Human Services had released its report, following a province-wide consultation on poverty. By Monday, the government site hosting the report, titled Albertans’ Perspectives for a Social Policy Framework, had gone down.

When I called the department, I was assured that IT staff would be dispatched to get it running again.

We are told that the report is groundbreaking in scope, outlining the views of 14,000 people who took part in creating it, plus another 350 people who contributed views on povGREG erty in the aboriginal populaNEIMAN tion.

Without being able to immediately quote the report directly, it is still commendable the province undertook to consult people in what is called Canada’s richest province. Because by no means is the wealth of this province felt by everyone in it.

Thus, one of the reported strategies contained in the report, listed as “levelling the playing field,” should be of interest to all of us.

The most recent Vital Signs report for Red Deer listed poverty, housing and hunger as the No. 1 topof-mind issue for the city. Nearly one in five workers in Red Deer earns less than $12 an hour.

Considering Alberta’s higher cost of housing, it

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follows that a lot of families are spending a higher portion of income on housing, leading to cutbacks in other areas. This affects the federal Low Income Cutoff (LICO) rates, which counts families whose regular daily expenses are fully taken to simply get by month-to-month.

Families with children and older people on fixed incomes will always feel this first. Vital Signs suggests about 17 per cent of Red Deer families with children live below the LICO standard. The national LICO average for all families is 10 per cent, according to the Conference Board of Canada. That means families with children are almost doubly represented among the ranks of the poor in Red Deer.

A recent study by Edmonton’s Social Planning Council (which is available online) says poverty rates for families with children in Alberta increased 40 per cent in the last recession.

Red Deer had its representatives in the provincial consultation, but this was by no means the only regional effort into reducing poverty.

Just a couple weeks ago, Red Deer joined a national effort at poverty reduction. On Jan. 24, the Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance (CAPRA) launched Red Deer as a member of Vibrant Communities Canada: Cities Reducing Poverty. That national association shares information and strategies, says a press report, “to reduce poverty through a systemic and universal approach.”

Whatever that means. This leads to my main complaint about these kinds of initiatives.

Lord knows, I’ve joined my share of them in the past as well.

But if all we get from all the hard work CAPRA will put into its mandate; for all the years of study and investment from the Red Deer Community Foundation to create the annual Vital Signs reports; if all we get from this is more strategies and more statis-

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What’s the distance between the Alberta Human Services Department (and minister Dave Hancock) and the Finance Department (with minister Doug Horner)?

Much too distant, I fear, for the strategies in the province’s new social policy framework to gain any real notice.

Especially if the strategy is not “Conservative.”

Let us suggest that one effective way to reduce poverty in Canada’s richest province would be to reduce the nation’s highest provincial gap between rich and poor. To “level the playing field.”

If that is so, why does Alberta tax its lowest income bracket higher than most all other provinces in Canada?

Alberta has the lowest income tax rates in the industrialized world, but it’s most effective only at the top income scale.

The poor in Alberta pay more income taxes than the poor in Ontario, for instance.

Will that information leap the gap between the Human Services and Finance departments?

Sorry, not this year. We’ll work on accessibility, dignity and inclusivity instead. We will strategize in systemic and universal ways.

The greatest product of the collision between government and poverty has been statistics. Nobody is ever short of statistics. Or strategies.

Or reports, languishing in the ether of a failed government website.

The problem for all taxpayers, as noted in all the reports, is that failing to act is far more costly than acting, even if the action ends up being less than was hoped.

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Alberta doesn’t have revenue problem, it has a spending problem So, having been blindsided by the very widely disseminated public knowledge that the Alberta energy sector has been — for nearly a decade — receiving a discounted price for the lakes of bitumen that we sell to energy consumers and other petrochemical customers, our esteemed Premier Alison Redford has appeared on television to express her deep concern for this shocking news and wave a distress flag that appears to have “new taxation” written all over it.

Proponents of new taxes such as a provincial sales tax usually make the laughable claim that such taxation will give the provincial government access to “stable” revenue, thus opening the way to more consistent cash flow and eliminating the routine necessity of the provincial government to resort to unplanned and disruptive changes to long-term fiscal goals.

You know, I scrape better than that off my boots when I’ve walked through the corral.

The government of Alberta does not have a revenue problem, it has a spending problem. It routinely commits money it doesn’t have based on revenue projections that are rarely achieved.

Here are some hard facts: In 1997, the population of Alberta was 2.7 million, and the provincial budget was $14 billion.

With a current population of 3.7 million, we’re on the hook for $41 billion. Even after adjusting for inflation, this means that the province has committed the taxpaying segment of our economy to contributing an additional $15 billion in tax revenue over and above what we were compelled to contribute just 16 years ago.

That, my friends is serious coin. Disbarring the possibility that the majority of our legislators are flat out stupid, this leaves precious few explanations as to how and why, in the midst of what can only be considered prime economic conditions, we are suddenly faced with a government revenue problem.

In spite of the discounted rate for oil and natural gas production and export, they still provide better than $7 billion in revenue.

We are experiencing full employment, with the highest per capita personal income tax revenue in Canada, in spite of the tax rate being the lowest.

Business taxes are also providing a level of revenue that other jurisdictions can only dream of, in spite of relatively low rates of taxation.

This province recently ran a decade-long string of budget surpluses that averaged more than what the province annually received in personal income tax revenue.

That money has long since vanished down the memory hole, in spite of the fact that it belonged rightfully to the taxpayers from whom it was confiscated.

That the provincial government could not find the courage to return this excess taxation to its rightful owners was an example of the moral, ethical, and intellectual bankruptcy that infests the Progressive Conservative Party to this day.

In spite of the pleadings of Redford and others, Alberta does not need an additional revenue stream.

It needs structural reforms and restrictions on the legislature’s ability to raise and spend money.

Sadly, without a smart, limited government conservative at the helm, such reforms will never come about.

Bill Greenwood Red Deer

Surgeons need complete training; issue is lack of beds, operating room time In a recent letter to the editor, Don Munro asserts that some health-care problems could easily be cured by training surgeons in the same way as trades people are.

Whereas obviously there are many good ideas that could be implemented to improve surgical training, I don’t see how converting surgery to a trade would be beneficial. Only 20 per cent of a surgeon’s work week is actually doing surgery, so how do you train someone for the non-surgical clinical work that is involved?

Doctors all over the world have medical training first to not only learn the basics of medicine, but also for them to determine what interests and aptitudes they may have, whether it be family medicine, cardiology, neurology or even surgery.

The real issue isn’t an insufficient number of surgeons today in Canada. Actually, there are now a significant number of orthopedic surgeons in Canada who can’t find a job.

There is a huge demand for this specialty, but there are not enough clinical resources of beds, operating room time and equipment to support them.

Unfortunately, one of the ways the health-care system can control health-care expenditures is to not supply the infrastructure required to support the needed number of surgeons.

So no, making surgery a trade and cranking out undertrained surgeons would not solve anything. It would only add to the numbers of unemployed and

underemployed surgeons already in this country.

I think there are many good and innovative ideas that could improve access to surgical care in Canada and at the same time respect the Canada Health Act. Lowering surgical standards of training isn’t one of them.

Lance Bredo Red Deer County

Bike lane confusion still reigns Help me, I’m confused!

Have we reverted back to the usual driving lanes on 40th Avenue?

It is very confusing when you are in the driving lane and someone is coming up on the right and honking at you to move over. I think they are in the bike lane and they don’t know it.

And then you have the ridiculous turning lanes for every residential block, drivers are half in the driving lane and half in the turning lane. All of a sudden you have three vehicles that cannot get past each other because we are out of road width.

Or you reach the intersection at 40th Avenue and 39th Street going south and you have someone turning left, you are in what you think is the correct lane going south and then you have someone squeezing in on the right also going south. Nobody knows who is right, but everyone is making finger gestures.

As far as 39th Street goes, it seems everyone has forgotten about the bike lanes and continue to travel in two lanes of traffic; it just gets confusing when you come to a set of lights and you don’t know who is in the right lane to proceed east.

Who’s right, can you get a ticket, and is it going to get fixed?

Why doesn’t city council own up to their error, get rid of the bike lanes once and for all.

Don’t worry once it is done — all will be forgiven and probably forgotten.

Bill Shimek Red Deer

Conservatives just waste our money Re: Joe McLaughlin Insight of Jan. 26, on an Alberta sales tax in the Red Deer Advocate.

He must be on some other planet. The Progressive Conservative government of the day and past years has spent us into debt, and will waste any new money generated from a sales tax. Taxpayers will not see a balanced budget, only more money for PC government politicians to line up to the money trough again.

There is not a month that goes by without some article in the Advocate about Conservative government waste, federal and provincial.

A few questions: 1. Why not increase royalties on our resources?

Or leave the oil in the ground? The PC government is only wasting our resource money anyway.

2. U.S. and other foreign companies welcome a low dollar for our oil so they can refine it and then sell it at a profit.

3. Are foreign workers paying taxes to Alberta?

4. Slow down the development of the tarsands. All companies should be required to provide training to Canadians first before bringing in any foreign workers.

5. Why the rush to make huge profits at a low price, and then pay to other provinces billions in transfer payments?

And as far as McLaughlin’s comment on the GST, it is nothing but bull. I may be wrong but the GST was to pay down the federal debt, the PC government put the money into general revenue so we still have it today.

Fred Gifford Red Deer

Need to look at the bigger picture Re: Anthony Sowan’s letter (Red Deer Advocate, Jan. 29).

Where to begin? I won’t comment on Anthony Sowan’s letter point by point. In fact, I will say that he made some good points. However, they are simply one man’s point of view, based upon his personal experiences. The bigger picture is not so black and white.

The fact that I am only one-quarter native and am white for all intents and purposes means that the current negotiations between native Canadians and the federal government will have negligible impact upon my life.

In fact, my knowledge of my native heritage has come as a result of my university education. I, too, had to wonder why, with all of the free services offered to native people, they have not risen to the point of great influence in our society.

The truth is that when the white immigrants were done trying to eradicate or assimilate the native population, misguided efforts to ‘help’ the native people have done more damage than good.

My university degree doesn’t make me a bleeding heart liberal. It does

make me want to look at the bigger picture, though.

In the very least, it would be a good thing to finally resolve long-standing issues through reasoned discussion and negotiation. Tactics employed by #IdleNo More have so far been lawful and peaceful — unlike say, GreenPeace. So let’s give credit where credit is due.

As far as a future cost to Canadian taxpayers; first off, mishandled and mismanaged funds currently provided have already been wasted. Any further funding will have to have negotiated and agreed upon oversight to accomplished stated goals. This will be an investment in the future and won’t be just another wasted attempt to drag a resistant people into our century. And, as we all know, the government has wasted a hell of a lot more money on less worthy measures.

So, as a white guy not burdened by guilt, what is my angle? Why is this a concern to me and why should it be a concern to anyone reading this? First off, I am a Canadian. Not a hyphenated Canadian.

I was born and raised here, and can trace my roots back at a minimum of a century, or perhaps a few thousand years on my mom’s side of the family. What I am seeing now says to me that “Those who fail to learn from history are destined to repeat it.”

The white settlers arrived with beads, blankets and booze, and proceeded to steal the land out from under the native peoples.

What is the modern day equivalent? Could it be government-approved corporate sales and mergers?

Selling off stakes in our natural resources? How about a flood of immigrants to fuel an unsustainable economy? We need to find ways to maximize the human capital that is already here.

We also have to ask whether we want our government to sell our resources and our land out from under ourselves in the name of short-term economic gain. Think of the Vancouverite who now calls his hometown ‘Hongcouver.’

We still have a chance to retain ownership of our land and our culture. We all need to be idle no more.

Jeff M. Hanson Red Deer County

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Former NHLer Sheldon Kennedy (left) speaks at a news conference with Justice Minister Rob Nicholson in Toronto on Monday. Nicholson announced government plans to stiffen penalties for child-sex offenders and create a victims bill of rights.

Feds promise victims’ bill of rights, tougher child abuse penalties serve to go to jail,” Gilhooly said.

Those who commit sexual assaults against children do.“ Still, the government now appears to view sex crimes against children as a priority, even if any measures come too late to help him, Gilhooly said.

“I’m slowly coming to grips with the fact that I was never going to get justice from the justice system,” he said, “It’s more a legal-results system than a justice system.”

Kennedy said the government’s past focus on cracking down on criminals has sometimes left victims — especially child victims — in the legislative cold.

“Sometimes, yeah, absolutely, victims are lost,” he said.

“There is real invisible trauma, invisible damage that happens to these types of victims.”

Nicholson also promised legislation to make public safety the “paramount consideration” in cases where accused criminals are found not criminally responsible by reason of a mental disorder.

He also pledged better use of new technologies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of bail and extradition regimes.

New Democrat justice critic Francoise Boivin called Nicholson’s roundtable a public relations exercise devoid of substance.

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TORONTO — The privilege of helping to unravel a historical mystery is surpassed only by the prospect of rehabilitating the image of one of Britain’s most maligned monarchs, a Canadianborn descendant of King Richard III said Monday.

Michael Ibsen said he’s still trying to process the emotions that surfaced after researchers at the University of Leicester confirmed his DNA had been used to help identify the 15thcentury ruler’s remains.

Researchers believed they had stumbled on the king’s remains last September when an archaeological dig unearthed a skeleton that bore evidence of battle wounds and signs of Richard’s famed spinal curvature, but they said genetic tests would be necessary to confirm their theory.

That test was completed with help from Ibsen, who is a direct descendant of the king’s older sister, Anne of York, and is therefore a 17th-generation nephew of the late ruler.

Geneticists said Ibsen shares a rare strain of mitochondrial DNA with the historic skeleton, proving “beyond reasonable doubt” that the king’s body had been found.

Ibsen, 55, said playing even a small role in British history left him feeling overwhelmed.

“The geneticists and I, we’d been in the room with the remains of Richard III, which would be extraordinary under

any circumstances, but to stand there and realize you have a tangible connection with this king of England, it does play with your mind a bit,” Ibsen said.

Ibsen, who only learned of his family connection to Richard about a decade ago, said he had long taken an interest in a king whose historical legacy has been dwarfed by his depiction in popular culture.

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Speaking after a roundtable with the justice minister, Greg Gilhooly and Sheldon Kennedy said the Conservative government was on the right track, even if details were lacking.

“Right now a victim is simply a witness — we’re at the beck and call of other people,” Gilhooly said.

“To the extent that we can be given a formalized role in the judicial process, that to me would be a wonderfully empowering thing.”

A victim’s bill of rights was one of three get-tough-on-crime themes the government plans to emphasize this year, Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said. The aim is to entrench the rights of victims into a single law.

Nicholson also promised stiffer sentences for child-sex predators.

“Their punishment for these crimes must reflect the devastation they cause in the lives of children and their families,” the minister said.

Concerns over sentencing arose after former hockey coach Graham James was jailed for two years last year for assaults on ex-NHL star Theo Fleury and his cousin Todd Holt in the 1980s and ’90s.

The Crown has appealed the sentence as too lenient in a case that also saw the prosecution stay charges involving assaults on Gilhooly as part of James’s guilty plea.

James had already been sentenced to 3 ½ years in the mid1990s for assaulting Kennedy and another young hockey player. He served 18 months.

“The key here is that we’re having conversations about the importance of not only rehabilitating the criminals but rehabilitating the victims,” Kennedy said.

“I couldn’t have imagined 16 years ago, when I disclosed my abuse, that we’d be talking about these issues so openly and with such commitment to be making positive change for victims.”

Nicholson said the government will announce specific measures in the weeks and months to come.

Currently, small-time marijuana growers face stiffer mandatory minimum sentences than those who rape children, an irony not lost on Gilhooly, who has a law degree.

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PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — Coastal First Nations have left the federal review of the Northern Gateway pipeline plan, saying they’ve run out of money and patience.

Executive director Art Sterritt has told the panel the group representing nine aboriginal bands from the B.C. coast and Haida Gwaii has spent more than three times the amount of funding allotted by the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency four years ago.

Sterritt said the approximately $280,000 they had cannot compare to the $250 million that Enbridge (TSX:ENB) is spending on the regulatory review process.

“We simply have not been provided with the funding necessary to engage in this process meaningfully or effectively,” Sterritt told the panel as hearings resumed in Prince Rupert on Monday.

“This is extremely distressing and disappointing to us, as we have a great deal at stake in these proceedings and in particular this panel.”

Sterritt, whose group is opposed to the pipeline that would deliver crude from the Alberta oil sands to a tanker port in Kitimat, left open the possibility of returning to the joint review process in the future.

But there is a funding disparity between those who oppose the project and the deep pockets of Enbridge, he said.

“It seems the only party that can afford this long and extended hearing process is Enbridge itself, and perhaps the Crown. The average citizen can’t afford to be here, and certainly the Coastal First Nations can’t afford it,” Sterritt said.

The group had been scheduled for seven hours to question the Enbridge expert panel giving evidence under oath this week on marine spills and spill response.

The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency provided funds for interveners to take part in the review process. Coastal First Nations requested $520,000 for expenses including studies, lawyers and attendance at the hearings since 2009. The board allotted the group $286,000, including $25,000 for legal costs.

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MIDLAND CITY, Ala. — Authorities stormed an underground bunker Monday in Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy and leaving his increasingly agitated captor dead after a week of fruitless negotiations that left authorities convinced the child was in imminent danger.

Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, had taken the child off a school bus after fatally shooting the driver. He was known by neighbours for his anti-government rants and for patrolling his property with a gun, ready to shoot trespassers.

He had stayed for several days in the tiny bunker before.

“He always said he’d never be taken alive. I knew he’d never come out of there,” said an acquaintance, Roger Arnold.

Dykes had been seen with a gun, and officers concluded the boy was in imminent danger, said Steve Richardson of the FBI’s office in Mobile. It was not immediately clear how authorities determined the man had a gun, or exactly how Dykes died.

Late Monday, officers were sweeping the property to make sure Dykes had not set up any bombs that could detonate. Full details of the bunker raid had not yet emerged. However, neighbours described hearing what sounded like gunshots around the time officials said they entered the shelter.

Michael Senn, pastor of a church near where reporters had been camped out since the standoff began, said he was relieved the child had been taken to safety. However, he also recalled the bus driver, Charles Albert Poland Jr., who had been hailed as a hero for protecting nearly two dozen other children on the bus before being shot by Dykes.

“As we rejoice tonight for (the boy) and his family, we still have a great

emptiness in our community because a great man was lost in this whole ordeal,” Senn said.

The rescue capped a long drama that drew national attention to this town of 2,400 people nestled amid peanut farms and cotton fields that has long relied on a strong Christian faith, a policy of “love thy neighbour” and the power of group prayer. The child’s plight prompted nightly candlelight vigils.

Throughout the ordeal, authorities had been speaking with Dykes though a plastic pipe that went into the shelter. They also sent food, medicine and other items into the bunker, which apparently had running water, heat and cable television but no toilet. It was about 4 feet underground, with about 50 square feet of floor space.

Authorities said the kindergartner appeared unharmed. He was taken to a hospital in nearby Dothan. Officials have said he has Asperger’s syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Melissa Knighton, city clerk in Midland City, said a woman had been praying in the town centre Monday afternoon. Not long after, the mayor called with news that Dykes was dead and that the boy was safe.

“She must have had a direct line to God because shortly after she left, they heard the news,” Knighton said.

Neighbours described Dykes as a menacing, unpredictable man who once beat a dog to death with a lead pipe. Government records indicate he served in the Navy from 1964 to 1969, earning several awards, including the Vietnam Service Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.

He had some scrapes with the law in Florida, including a 1995 arrest for improper exhibition of a weapon. The misdemeanour was dismissed. He also was arrested for marijuana possession in 2000.

Obama stands firm on gun control demands Democratic senators in a tough spot. That includes some from conservativeleaning states who are up for re-election next year and face the prospect of voting against either fervent gun-rights supporters or Obama and gun-control supporters in the party’s base.

The White House says Obama is not writing off any part of his package despite the long odds for the assault weapons ban in particular before votes are scheduled or he takes his arguments on the road.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who has been helping push the gun control package, said he and Obama spoke on the matter Sunday and agreed that Washington in a vacuum is unlikely to move quickly.

The White House said Obama made his maiden trip on the gun control package to Minneapolis because the city has taken steps to tackle gun violence, including a push for stricter background checks.

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He returned to Alabama about two years ago, moving onto the rural tract about 100 yards from his nearest neighbours.

Arnold recalled that, for a time, Dykes lived in his pickup truck in the parking lot of the apartment complex where Dykes’ sister lived. He would stay warm by building a fire in a can on the floorboard and kept boxes of letters he wrote to the president and the unspecified head of the mafia, Arnold said.

Dykes believed the government had control of many things, including a

dog track he frequented in the Florida Panhandle. Arnold said that Dykes believed if a dog was getting too far ahead and wasn’t supposed to win, the government would shock it.

Ronda Wilbur, a neighbour of Dykes who said the man beat her dog to death last year with a pipe, said she was relieved to be done with the stress of knowing Dykes was patrolling his yard and willing to shoot at anyone or anything that trespassed.

“The nightmare is over,” she said.

“It’s been a long couple of years of having constant stress.”

Columbian rebels say they have two presumed Germans It said in a brief statement posted Monday to its website that “in the weeks that they have been detained, the men have not been able to justify their presence in the area, and for that reason they are considered, for the moment, intelligence agents and will continue to be investigated.”

The ELN did not say when it detained the men or under what circumstances but noted

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s No. 2 leftist rebel group says it is holding two presumed Germans it detained in a turbulent northeastern region and who it will consider spies barring evidence to the contrary.

The National Liberation Army, or ELN, identified the men as Uwe Breur and Guenther Otto Breuer.

that “no institution or person has publicly complained about the disappearance of these people.” The communique said “spies are not protected” by international human rights law.

It said the two men were encountered in the Catatumbo region, which borders Venezuela, a verdant coca-growing and cocaine production area with a strong guerrilla presence where tourists rarely tread.

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The president unveiled his gun-control plans last month after the shootings at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school. But many of the proposals face tough opposition from some in Congress and from the National Rifle Association.

“We should restore the ban on military-style assault weapons and a 10-round limit for magazines,” Obama said in a speech, holding firm on his full package on guncontrol measures despite long odds. Such a ban “deserves a vote in Congress because weapons of war have no place on our streets or in our schools or threatening our law enforcement officers.”

Democratic lawmakers and aides, as well as lobbyists, say an assault weapons ban has the least chance of being approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee that is working up the legislation. They say a ban on high-capacity magazines is viewed as the next least likely proposal to survive, some compromise version of it might, allowing more than the 10-round maximum that Obama favours.

Likeliest to be included are universal background checks and prohibitions against gun trafficking, they say. One lobbyist said other possible terms include steps to improve record keeping on resales of guns and perhaps provisions that would make it harder for mentally ill people from obtaining firearms.

The president spoke from a special police operations centre in a city in the American heartland that was once known to some as “Murderapolis” but where gun

violence has dropped amid a push to address it from city leaders.

Officers stood behind him, dressed in crisp uniforms of blue, white and brown.

The site conveyed Obama’s message that a reduction in violence can be achieved nationally, even if Americans have sharp disagreements over gun control.

That includes among members of his own party in Washington.

Suggesting he won’t get all he’s proposing, he said, “We don’t have to agree on everything to agree it’s time to do something.”

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he wants to give the bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines a vote.

But he will not say whether he will support either, and advocates and opponents alike predict they are unlikely to pass.

Putting the controversial measures up for a vote could put some

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Law enforcement officials continue to work the scene of the hostage crisis in Midland City, Ala.. Local, state and federal officers stormed the bunker of a man accused of shooting and killing a school bus driver, then snatching a 5-year-old child. Suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes had been holed up in a bunker on his property with the child since the late afternoon shooting on Jan. 29. Dykes ended up dying in the raid by authorities and the boy was unharmed.

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Canada’s ‘social’ Independence struggle generating score dragged little media interest in Quebec down by poverty, inequality: report

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA — A new report says Canada’s social fabric is being torn by rising income inequality and stagnant child poverty rates.

The Conference Board of Canada report compares Canada with other developed countries on 16 “society indicators” including unemployment, voter turnout, life satisfaction and economic and cultural yardsticks.

The annual social report card says that while Canada gets good grades in areas such as serious crime and tolerance of diversity, its overall “B” ranking placing it 7th out of 17 countries, is largely due to high poverty rates for children and workingage adults. It also says the growing concentration of wealth in the hands of fewer people, and the fact that women are often paid less than men for the same work, are additional factors in Canada’s less than stellar social performance.

Author Brenda Lafleur says economic growth is put at risk with roughly one in six children living in poverty, and one in 10 adults also falling below the poverty line.

She says the growing child poverty rate — up nearly 20 per cent since the mid-1990s — could put Canada’s economy at risk, since youth who don’t benefit from the economy are less likely to upgrade their skills through more school.

Lafleur also pointed to signs that income mobility — which netted Canada an “A” grade — is becoming more and more “sticky,” meaning children are less likely to out-earn their parents.

But she said poverty rates and the economic and “moral problem” of income inequality are not insolvable problems. She said they can be fixed through public and political will, just as elderly poverty rates plummeted to the current five per cent from 30 per cent three decades ago after it became a national scandal.

“If we want to address a problem like child poverty or working-age poverty, we know we can do it — we just have to work together and actually decide that it is a problem,” Lafleur said.

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Poland and Austria took the top six spots — all earning “A” ratings in the Conference Board report. “(Canada’s) position below the Nordic countries is not surprising; the Nordic countries have long outperformed Canada,” the report stated.

“But our country now also ranks below the Netherlands and Austria,” the report said. “Our middleof-the-pack ranking means we are not living up to our potential.”

The United States placed last behind Japan, with both countries earning a “D” rating.

The Conference Board said Canada is a top performer in acceptance of diversity and above average in areas such as life satisfaction, income mobility, disabled income and suicides.

Canada needs improvement in the areas where it is “significantly below average” such as child poverty, working-age poverty, income inequality, the gender income gap, and voter turnout, the report said.

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Plane diverted after family smokes HALIFAX — A plane from Halifax on its way to the Dominican Republic was forced to make an emergency landing because a family on board was openly smoking in their seats, a spokesman for a Canadian tour operator said Monday.

Daryl McWilliams of the Sunwing Travel Group said the plane carrying 180 passengers and crew members was diverted to the L.F. Wade International Airport in Bermuda on Friday night because a mother, father and son refused to butt out.

“Most people that try to smoke do it surreptitiously, and of course they still get caught,” McWilliams said from Toronto.

“From what I understand, these people did it openly, as if in some sort of protest. It makes you scratch your head.

“Maybe they wanted an Andy Warhol moment.

They got it.”

A 54-year-old man, a 52-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were arrested after the plane landed and later released on bail, the Bermuda Police

OTTAWA — Newly installed U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry didn’t express any concerns about allegations that Canadians were involved in last month’s terrorist attack on a gas plant in Algeria, says Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird.

Baird said his new U.S. counterpart simply didn’t raise the issue Sunday during their 15-minute telephone call.

“Our first challenge is to get to the bottom of it, to get the facts first, and then come to conclusions,” Baird said Monday.

“The secretary didn’t raise the issue, so it wasn’t part of the discussion.”

Baird said Canadian officials in Algiers still haven’t been able to corroborate the claim by Algeria’s prime minister that at least one Canadian was among the terrorists who attacked and took hostages at the Saharan plant.

The Jan. 16 attack led to a four-day siege that killed at least 37 hostages and 29 militants.

Since then, Canadian efforts to find out more have resulted in little progress amid a virtual wall of silence from the government.

Baird was asked for the latest developments at a public appearance Monday. The minister responded by reciting, almost verbatim, the talking points that his spokesman has been emailing to journalists for the last week.

“It’s a pretty complex investigation involving forensics and the like,” Baird added, before reiterating he had “nothing else I can report to you at this stage.”

RCMP officers have

arrived in Algiers, but they are having no luck either confirming or debunking the televised claims by Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal.

Sellal told a national television audience that two Canadian nationals were among the band of al-Qaida-linked militants who took hundreds of workers hostage at a natural gas complex.

Ex-members of Canada’s spy agency, CSIS, have said that the Mounties’ work would likely consist of examining Canadian documents such as passports to see if they are authentic.

They also said the confirmation process would involve the examination of the corpses of the terrorists killed by Algerian soldiers when they stormed the complex.

Baird’s remark that the ongoing work involved “forensics” could have referred to either or both — but the minister wasn’t saying.

Though Kerry didn’t raise the issue directly with Baird, there are indications that U.S. intelligence officials are concerned about the terrorism allegations raised in Algeria.

As one unnamed U.S. official in Washington put it last week to Reuters: “We’re taking very seriously the reports of the two Canadians’ involvement.”

NDP foreign affairs critic Paul Dewar said the lack of information from the government could negatively affect how the Americans and other allies view Canada.

“Either it’s (that) they have information and they’re not sharing it with any of us, or there was incorrect information to begin with. Either way, that needs to be cleared up,” said Dewar.

Service said on Sunday. The police did not return messages Monday.

McWilliams said the family also included a teen son, but he was not smoking. He said the passengers and crew were put up in a hotel overnight and the plane resumed its journey on Saturday afternoon.

He said the cost of the unexpected detour was around $40,000 and the airline is considering recovering that loss from the family.

Fight over Tommy Douglas intelligence file not about history: feds OTTAWA — The federal government says there is “no issue of public importance” involved in a sevenyear battle to lift the shroud of secrecy over the intelligence dossier compiled on socialist trailblazer Tommy Douglas.

Hence, the government says there’s no need for the Supreme Court of Canada to settle the matter.

Jim Bronskill, a reporter with The Canadian Press, is seeking leave to appeal the case to the country’s highest court.

He has been fighting since 2005 for access to the decades-old, 1,149-page intelligence file compiled on Douglas by the now-defunct RCMP Security Service.

Bronskill’s lawyer, Paul Champ, has asked the top court to determine the appropriate balance between protecting national security and the public’s right to see historical documents.

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“We’re reminding people of the evolution of Canada when we systematically eliminated French at the start of the 20th century,” said Paquette.

He said the goal of the project was to identify problems with the Canadian Constitution and its effect on day-to-day life in Quebec.

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MONTREAL — The quest to make Quebec independence a key part of the public debate hit what one of its supporters calls a familiar roadblock Monday: low media interest.

A pro-independence organization held a news conference to unveil a new study that identifies 92 ways in which the Canadian federation hinders Quebec’s development against the interests and values of Quebecers.

But the Montreal event generated little media coverage.

There were eight panellists at the news conference. There was only one question from a Frenchlanguage media outlet. Daniel Paille, leader of the long-dominant Bloc Quebecois, didn’t get a single question.

When asked about polls that suggest a low appetite for sovereignty in Quebec, the head of the group behind the report blamed the media’s lack of interest in the movement.

“We think that support has decreased because we speak less about sovereignty,” Gilbert Paquette, president of the Conseil de la souverainete du Quebec, told the news conference.

“Our objective is to bring in-

dependence back to the heart of political debate.”

The report has been released a few days before the Parti Quebecois is to vote on a plan to promote sovereignty at a partisan gathering.

The public’s interest in separation, however, is thought to be low in Quebec, even though the province elected a pro-independence PQ government in September. One La Presse newspaper poll taken right before the election suggested that support for sovereignty was at 28 per cent.

Paquette said the need to put the movement back on the radar is urgent — that’s why his organization launched the Estates-General on Quebec Sovereignty project 11 months ago. The term “estatesgeneral” stems from citizens’ assemblies that existed under the French monarchy.

The findings presented Monday, from the project’s first phase, are based on the input of 1,200 people in 13 regions across the province.

The report underlines a wide range of issues such as the end of the long-gun registry, the competing regional interests in energy policy, and how 27 new federal ridings have been created outside Quebec compared to only three within it.

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mushy white sandwich roll, cypek (oh-STSIH-pek), a traditional sheep’smelted cheese and a squeeze milk cheese, as well as mead, or fermented of ketchup: When I first moved honey, are winning prizes at international to Warsaw to work as a jour- competitions. Amateur makers of Polish nalist, in the autumn of 1988, jams, preserves and relishes became proa zapiekanka was the most common form of fessionals, acquiring marketing finesse and street food. The zapiekanka (za-pyeh-KAN- better packaging. Small farms and factories kah) predated the hamburger, and it certain- producing organic pork or game sausages ly wasn’t pizza — not even bad pizza. It was, began to flourish as well. Some have special rather, a pizzalike substance, a poor relative stands in the supermarkets and malls, where of its distant Italian cousin. The luxury ver- beets preserved with horseradish can be sions had a few overcooked mushrooms be- found in elegant jars alongside exotic musneath the cheese and ketchup. tards, flower-flavored honey and cucumber But in 1988 I did eat the odd zapiekanka, pickles of infinite variety. because there was so little else available.

The cardboard pizza is still there, if you The communist political system was then want to buy it. But there are plenty of alterin its death throes, and the communist food natives. Nowadays, the best Polish restaudistribution system barely functioned. The rants serve Polish food. Instead of French state shops were half empty, stocking vin- bread and butter, they offer sourdough egar, canned meat and dry crackers. Restau- bread and szmalec, an old-fashioned peasrants were slow, expensive and unreliable. ant spread made of pork fat and spices. InSometimes they had what they claimed to stead of sticky pasta, they serve roast pork have on the menu. Sometimes they didn’t. with plums or roast duck with apples, lightBut as 1988 turned into 1989, and as I ening and flavoring the traditional recipes came to understand the city better, Warsaw with spices and ingredients that were once began to reveal more of its culinary secrets. impossible to find but are now readily availExcellent fresh vegetables — naturally or- able. Trout, venison and wild boar, all hisganic because the farmers couldn’t afford torically a part of Polish cuisine, have reappesticides — were available at private mar- peared on menus. kets. Alongside them, Russian traders sold Some restaurants are also starting to exjars of Beluga caviar for the equivalent of a periment with Polish food, adding twists few dollars. One of my friends knew a “veal that nobody’s grandmother ever would have lady” who could deliver black-market meat, thought possible. That’s nothing new, of and there were good free-range eggs to be course: Poland is flat, and therefore easy to found, if you knew whom to ask. invade. Historically, Poles had a fondness Warsovians were creative with these in- for foreign queens and imported monarchs, gredients and used them to make dishes which means foreign influences of many from all kinds of kinds can be traditions. One found in Polish Easter morning, cooking, as in PolI ate a sumptuish culture or the ous breakfast at Polish language. a friend’s house.

Bona Sforza, the She served me a 16th-century Italdish which, she ian-born queen, explained, her is alleged to have family had albrought the first ways eaten on the soup vegetables holiday. It was to Poland, as well gefilte fish. Light as the first tomaand airy, served toes. The influwith steamed ence of France — vegetables, it both the French bore no resemaristocracy and blance to the later the French canned versions revolutionary cirI once knew back cles frequented home.

by Polish exiles Very soon afin the 19th centuter that, economry — can be seen ic reform came to in the use of musPoland. Throughtard and cream out the 1990s, sauces.

Polish food, and And, of course, Polish food culit is hard to say ture, began to where Polish change along food ends and with politics, the Ukrainian or economy and Russian food beeverything else. gins, so similar The first phase of are the tastes Photo by ADVOCATE news services the transformaand ingredients. tion was chaotic. These Rich Turkey Patties in Madeira Sauce eschew Most Slavic culiBad cardboard red meat in favour of lighter turkey and use a nary cultures rep i z z a b e c a m e Madeira sauce instead of the ordinary brown sauce ly upon the fruits available in the and vegetables usually served with traditional beef patties. new Pizza Huts that can grow in (and Pizza Hut a northern Euroimitations) that sprang up inside new shop- pean kitchen garden or can be found in a ping malls. The “French” restaurants that northern European forest: carrots, leeks, served meat with heavy sauces at high prices parsnips, beets, cabbages, potatoes, radishweren’t necessarily much better. Nor were es, squashes, apples, plums, walnuts, chestthe “Italian” restaurants that served pasta nuts and mushrooms, both cultivated and with heavy sauces at high prices. seasonally wild.

But as political stability returned, naThe biggest changes are often found at tional self-confidence returned along with the lower end of the price scale. When one it. And as the economy grew — and the Pol- of my children was younger, his favorite ish economy has been growing by leaps and meal was “gas station soup”: chicken broth, bounds for 20 years — restaurants multi- that is, served plain with noodles, available plied. More important, as civil society came at a roadside cafe that was indeed next to back to life, the producers and consumers a gas station. Even now, one of my family’s of good-quality food began to organize them- favorite restaurants in Poland is a roadside karczma, an inn, that serves only a handful selves.

Slow Food, a movement founded in Italy of dishes.

One of those is zurek, a soup based on in 1986 to promote traditional ways of eating and preparing food, acquired its first Pol- a broth made from sour bread, filled with ish chapter in 2002. It now allows qualified white sausage and vegetables, served in a Polish restaurants to sport its trademark, bowl that is made from bread. Another is a small snail. Last summer we ate smoked grilled pork fillets with onions, served on a eel at a Slow Food-approved restaurant on skewer like a kebab, yet eaten with pickles the Baltic Coast. The food might have been and grated beet salad. Everything is plain “slow,” but the service was excellent, and and fresh — just what roadside food usually everything on the menu was available. Noth- isn’t.

No wonder trucks and tourists’ cars cram ing about that meal, in fact, resembled the the parking lot outside all summer, and no experience of dining in communist Poland.

The revolution has been brought into wonder memories of the zapiekanka long homes as well. Small Polish producers of os- ago faded.

HUNTER’S STEW Makes 10 to 12 cups (8 to 10 servings)

1 3/4 pounds homemade or store-bought (one 28-ounce can) sauerkraut, drained 2 cups water 4 thin slices Canadian bacon (about 2 1/2 ounces total; may substitute 4 strips raw bacon), diced 1 small head green cabbage (1 1/2 to 2 pounds), cored and cut into thin slices Small handful of dried mixed mushrooms (about half of a 3/4 ounce package) 8 ounces boneless venison, cut into 1-inch pieces 8 ounces lean boneless stew beef, cut into 1-inch pieces 8 ounces lean boneless pork or veal shoulder, cut into 1-inch pieces 1/4 cup flour 3 tablespoons vegetable oil or lard 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped 1 cup dry red wine 8 ounces smoked kielbasa or other spicy hard sausage, cut crosswise into thick slices 1 cup pitted prunes, each cut into quarters Kosher salt Freshly ground black pepper Combine the drained sauerkraut, water and diced bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat. Once the liquid starts to bubble at the edges, cover and cook for 20 minutes or until the bacon is cooked and the sauerkraut is tender. The mixture will be fairly soupy.

Meanwhile, combine the cabbage and dried mushrooms in a separate large saucepan. Cover with water and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook for 20 to

30 minutes or until the cabbage is tender. Drain in a colander.

Use paper towels to pat dry the venison, beef and pork or veal shoulder. Place it in a large resealable food storage bag along with the flour; seal and shake to coat evenly. Shake off any excess flour from each piece of meat. Discard any excess flour.

Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil or lard in a Dutch oven over medium heat; the pot should be large enough to hold all the meat and vegetables. When the oil is hot, add the onion and stir to coat.

Cook for about 10 minutes or until softened but not burned. Use a slotted spoon to transfer to a bowl.

Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil or lard to the pot.

When it’s hot, add just enough of the meat so that it can brown on both sides; about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; repeat in batches to brown all the meat (no need to add more oil).

Increase the heat to high; add the wine and immediately use a wooden spoon to scrape any browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Return all the meat plus any accumulated juices to the pot, along with the onion, sausage, prunes, cabbage-mushroom mixture and the sauerkraut-bacon mixture with all of its remaining cooking liquid. Season generously with salt and pepper, then stir to combine. Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low.

Cover and cook for 2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally, until a rich dark brown broth has formed and the meat is falling-apart tender. If the mixture seems like it’s getting dry, add water during cooking as needed. It should be moist, but not watery.

Serve hot, or cool completely and refrigerate in an airtight container for up 5 days.

SOUR CUCUMBER SOUP Makes about 12 cups (12 firstcourse servings or 6 main-course servings) 1 tablespoon unsalted butter 1 medium leek, white and lightgreen parts, rinsed well, then cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 medium carrot, trimmed and cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 medium parsnip, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1/2 medium celery root (celeriac), peeled, or 2 celery stalks, trimmed; chopped into 1/2-inch pieces 5 cups homemade or no-saltadded chicken broth 3 large (about 1 1/2 pounds total) baking potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces 32 ounces homemade or storebought sour dill pickles in brine Salt Freshly ground black pepper 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream Generous 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill Melt the butter in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add the

leek and stir to coat; cook for about 3 minutes or until softened. Stir in the carrot, parsnip and celery root, then add the broth. Once the liquid comes to a boil, cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and cook for 30 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.

Place the potatoes in a separate pot and cover with water.

Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; cook for 7 or 8 minutes or until they are cooked through yet still slightly firm. Drain.

Meanwhile, strain the pickles, reserving their brine. Use a cheese grater or grater attachment in a food processor to coarsely grate the pickles. Add to the cooked vegetables in the pot, along with the pickle brine and the cooked potatoes. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and cook (over medium-low heat) for 5 minutes.

Use an immersion (stick) blender to puree the soup so its texture is not ultra-smooth; you want the end result to still be a little chunky.

Mix in the heavy cream.

Add the chopped dill just before serving.

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stumbling around all squinty eyed in search of eye drops.

There are some upsides to having poor eyesight.

For example, people with perfect vision will never experience how gorgeous Christmas lights are when you take off your glasses.

And if I’m at a scary movie, I don’t need to close my eyes.

All I have to do is remove my glasses. While being spared the graphic details of the gory scenes, I can still tell when it’s safe to put my specs back on negating the need to bug those around me by asking, “Is it over? Is it over?”

I had always assumed poor eyesight was hereditary until our own two sons grew up not needing glasses, despite both Darcy and I being lens wearers. Some studies claim almost all babies are born with perfect vision, but lose it due to environmental causes such as things that induce eye strain, like too much reading.

Apparently our eyeballs need to be taken out to play along with the rest of us.

I’m not sure if I believe that. I certainly read a lot as a kid, but so did our sons. And I also spent a lot of time outdoors playing, so who knows?

Still, I wouldn’t trade all those hours spent discovering the magic of the written world for perfect vision, even if it was the cause. And I kind of hope it was, since that would mean all those cave kids long ago would never have mistaken their father for a sabre-toothed tiger. What a relief.

Shannon McKinnon is a humour columnist from Northern BC. You can read past columns by visiting www.shannonmckinnon.com

Who do you trust these days?

“A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.”

– Harold Macmillan, British conservative politician

If there is any truth in James Thurber’s assertion that “You can fool too many of the people too much of the time,” then I don’t need to be the first one to step up T h e c l o c k r a d i o and to volunteer. clicked on at 7 a.m. and I On either extreme heard the familiar news there are two types of jingle. I stayed in bed for people: those who trust a few minutes everyone unyawning and til that trust stretching. is betrayed The authoriand those tative voice of who trust the news reno one until porter came that trust is through the earned. I’ve speaker tellspent most of ing me the my life in the temperature first category and the type but over time of day I could I’ve shifted expect. He a little and then launched now sit someinto the news where in the MURRAY — informing middle.

FUHRER me of a scam I certainly sprung on undon’t want to suspecting lobe too cynical citizens. cal either. I “Over 200 don’t want to people have go through fallen victim to a charity life thinking that every fraud. . . .” thoughtful act hides a I turned off the radio hidden agenda. I don’t and got up, wondering want to be wary of everyhow some people could one I meet for the first be so deceitful. Like time and miss the oppormost people, I would tunity to develop a new never consider the idea relationship. of deceiving someone – There is, of course, a the idea is completely vast difference between foreign. trusting people and beLater, with a coffee in ing gullible. If you are hand, I opened my email. a trusting person, you There I found a message know how it hurts to be from a total stranger in deceived. another country wanting To me, trust must be to send me tons of mon- accompanied by common ey. sense.

All he needed was my You must consider the personal banking infor- source. mation.

Unity between words As I left the house, I and actions over an exnoticed a set of footprints tended period of time is in the snow. They led to a often a good indicator of basement window where the true character of an someone had knelt down individual. to peer inside.

Healthy relationships I began to wonder if are built on a foundation I was still able to fully of trust. trust other people — as Trust is essential I’m sure we all could within families, especialonce. ly where children are If you’ve become a lit- concerned. As adults, we tle more skeptical over want to be trusted by othtime then you are prob- ers and have friends that ably in good company. we can trust. And what’s Heck, I even ask for left of a marriage if trust identification when peo- is betrayed? ple show up at the door Trust is equally essenselling calendars, look- tial in the world of busiing to help unfortunate ness. children in foreign counI’ve been in advertistries or save me hun- ing for many years and dreds on my utility bills. if there’s one principle And it’s probably a that every successful good thing that I’m not business is founded upas willing to buy into ev- on, it’s trust. Quite simery claim that comes my ply, people prefer to do way. business with people

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they like and people they trust.

There’s evidence to support the assertion that people with healthy self-esteem and a welldefined sense of self are much more trusting and trusted by others.

Far from making you gullible, having healthy self-esteem gives you a better sense of self and therefore a better understanding of human nature.

Unlike the fearful individual who is simply looking for a way out of his or her agony — and willing try give anything a try — the healthy selfesteemer tends to weigh options and make choices based on a combination of awareness, intuition and the potential for a positive outcome.

Perhaps one of the greatest downsides to having poor self-esteem is a lack of faith or trust in ourselves.

We second guess everything. We make decisions then agonize over them.

We miss or pass up opportunities because we’re afraid of failure.

We hang onto negative memories of times when we’ve failed and use them to beat ourselves down.

Lack of trust in ourselves creates challenges in every aspect of our lives: relationships, work and at home.

A good way to start trusting others is to start trusting yourself. Start by listening to your inner wisdom.

Some of us refer to it as our intuition, others call it gut instinct, while other still refer to it as our higher or authentic self.

Look past the fear to see the truth.

Take risks and be willing to make mistakes. In fact, think of them not as mistakes but as opportunities to learn and grow.

Remember, you miss 100 per cent of the shots you never take.

Forgive yourself and forgive others for past perceived failures and injustices.

One of the main reasons we don’t trust ourselves is that we haven’t forgiven ourselves for mistakes.

One of the main reasons we don’t trust others is that we haven’t

forgiven them for their mistakes.

“Trust yourself,” declared Golda Meir, fourth prime minister of Israel. “Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement.”

I am learning that I can live without cynicism far better than I can without trust.

And I’m not as concerned about naively accepting everything I hear (because I don’t) and more focused on looking for the good that is all around me (though I did put a bar in my basement window).

Murray Fuhrer is a selfesteem expert and facilitator. For more information on self-esteem, check the Extreme Esteem website at www.theselfesteemguy. com

Question: I’m a single mother of two teenagers.

This past year, I have been struggling financially.

I am working full-time and part-time jobs and can barely make my monthly expenses.

My sons have birthdays coming up, but I just can’t see how I can afford the things on their wish lists.

How can I help them have happy birthdays this year without all the presents?

Jim: There’s no doubt about it: Times are tough. Your question moves me because it reminds me of my own mom.

Like you, she was single, and she had to sacrifice and scrape just to put food on the table for me and my four siblings.

When it comes to their impending birthdays, I’d recommend sitting your sons down and explaining the situation JIM honestly.

DALY Let them know that there just isn’t money in the budget for big-ticket items this year.

Offer some budget-friendly alternatives. They’re old enough to not have the same sense of entitlement that a toddler would have. Your love for them and your desire to give them a happy birthday will likely mean more than any present.

In the long term, Brenda Armstrong, president of Mercy Tree, a ministry to single parents, offers some solid advice for those in your situation: ● Set goals. Write down everything relating to your finances, from income and spending to debts, and create a plan for achieving them. When a child asks about an unplanned purchase, say, “It’s not that we don’t have enough money, it’s that the item doesn’t fit with our goals right now.” ● Involve your kids in creative ways to save money. Sell unneeded stuff on eBay, have a movie night at home and so on. ● Get out of debt. If at all possible, get rid of credit cards. ● Find support. Network with other single parents in your church or workplace.

For more, check out Brenda’s book “Financial Relief for Single Parents: A Proven Plan for Achieving the Seemingly Impossible.”

Question: Our 9-year-old grandson is a great boy, but has a problem with anger. He begins to wrestle in fun with his siblings and then something triggers in him and he becomes extremely angry.

As he gets older, it seems to get worse. Is there something you would recommend to help him control his anger?

Leon Wirth, executive director of Parenting and Youth: It’s encouraging see grandparents so interested in their grandkids’ character development. Your grandson’s mom and dad bear the primary responsibility for helping him manage his anger, but there are steps you can take as well.

Author Lynne Thompson has written about “Anger Busters for Kids.” See if you can incorporate some of the following suggestions into your interactions with your grandson: ● Model anger management. Don’t respond to his angry outbursts with angry outbursts of your own. ● Show respect. Don’t participate by calling names or getting physical. ● Give him words to express his anger, such as, “I know you are disappointed ... or sad ... or frustrated.” ● Identify with his pain: “I remember when I didn’t get to go to a party ...” ● Set positive limits. Instead of saying, “Don’t you throw that toy,” say, “After you put the toy on the table, we can go have a snack.” ● Redirect energy bursts that often come with anger. Encourage positive outlets like running, jumping or painting. ● Avoid power struggles. If your goal is to control, you will teach him to control others. ● Provide a cooling-off period by reading a book together or going on a walk. Then calmly discuss what happened and make a plan for next time.

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Catch up with Jim Daly at www.jimdalyblog.com or at www.facebook.com/DalyFocus.

High schools impose ban on leggings

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — A high school in Winnipeg has joined other schools across North America in banning leggings.

The St. Boniface Diocesan High School Parent and Student Handbook says tights, leggings, yoga pants are not to be worn in the place of pants.

The school for students from Grades 9 to 12 also outlaws clothing that they say is excessively baggy or tight and says physically revealing or provocative dress isn’t allowed.

It prohibits short shorts for girls and boys, as well as what it calls extreme hairstyles.

Paul Olson, president of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society, had no comment on the leggings issue, but said elements of some dress codes can be — quote — “silly.”

One of the leading retailers of leggings can’t understand all the fashion fuss.

“I think it is appropriate for girls to wear leggings,” said Emma Dux, manager of American Apparel on Osborne Street.

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I started the day on my hands the thirteenth century. and knees, slapping dust bunnies Before that there is some evibeneath the bed in search of my dence of eye stones made out of eye glasses. quartz or glass, but on the whole No, I don’t usually store my corrective eyewear were either glasses under the bed. unheard of, scarce or When the alarm went beyond the means of off my arm shot out the average citizen. sending my glasses on Monocles were the a predawn flight that— rage for awhile, but judging by the sound of think of the inconveclattering—had them nience — not to menricochet off the closet tion muscle power — before coming in for required to keep the a landing beneath the lens in place. bed.

Not much better The interesting were those eye glasses thing about losing your on a stick. eye glasses is you need I can just picture SHANNON them in order to find myself out in the garMCKINNON them. den, one hand hoeing Especially when while the other held you’re as poor sighted eye glasses to my face. as I am.

By the end of the day After a frantic I’d look like a deranged search, my hand finally fell across Sherlock Holmes. the frames. To my great relief they But even worse would be to hadn’t broken. have been born before the invenIf I am ever looking for some- tion of any corrective type lenses thing to be grateful about, I only at all. have to think about my glasses. No There I’d be playing in front of other invention has made as big a the family cave house when suddifference to my life. denly a blurry, figure would apWhile lots of people complain pear in the distance. “It’s Pa home about wearing them, I am just from hunting!” grateful I have them to wear.

I would cry in great delight, I remember a commercial from rushing headlong into the jaws of years ago where a sultry Sophia a sabre-toothed tiger.

Loren peered into the camera In a perfect world we would through a pair of designer glasses all have 20/20 vision, though havand cooed something like, “They ing worn glasses since the second say men never make passes at grade this isn’t something I dwell women with glasses, but I ask you; on. It’s difficult for me to even do women with glasses ever make imagine opening my eyes every passes?” morning to a world already in foMy answer? Just pass me the cus. glasses.

I do have contact lenses that I The first recorded use of lenses can sleep with, however, my eyes mounted on frames dates back to get so dry that morning finds me

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Fur making a fashion comeback RENEWED POPULARITY MAY BE WELCOME AMONG MANUFACTURERS, FASHION LOVERS, BUT HAS SOME ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CONCERNED

BY RITA DEVLIN MARIER THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — It can be difficult to walk a city block in Montreal these days without coming across a coyote, lynx, fox or raccoon.

Fur seems to be everywhere, as vintage coats get rejigged into stylish hats or even ear muffs and brand name jackets feature it on their collars.

The renewed popularity may be welcome among manufacturers and fashion lovers, but it has some animal rights activists concerned.

“This is something we’ve noticed that we take very seriously,” Thurston Sayara of the Humane Society said of the craze for fur accessories.

People aren’t always aware their parkas or hats are outfitted with real fur, she said, or may believe it comes from the scraps of animals already used to make coats.

“They don’t realize that most animals are killed for it,” she said.

Still, what was once most common among the affluent and the elderly has caught on with a young, hip crowd.

This winter, collars, hats and other fur accessories flew from the shelves as soon as the first snow flakes fell.

Stephanie Bingham, co-owner of the Montreal shop La Founderie, said the fur revival began five or six years ago and has really taken off in the last two.

The rise in popularity is hard to explain, Bingham said.

But the fact that many people are using vintage fur eliminates the ethical problem.

“I think it’s easier to incorporate a little bit of fur in your wardrobe rather than wearing a full coat,” Bingham said.

Sayara said the Humane Society considers the fur industry “particularly cruel” because it sells a luxury product that is no longer necessary, since artificial replacements are just as hot on the market.

For its part, the fur industry argues it plays a roll in controlling the population of some species.

Alan Herscovici of the Fur Council of Canada said the coyote, whose fur is often used to decorate caps, is superfluous in some parts of the country, to the point that it causes problems for livestock producers.

“There are some who do not like

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Stephanie Bingham shows some of the vintage fur items at her store in Montreal: items are rejigged into high fashion. the idea that we’re going to trap or hunt,” he said, but “we need to make a certain amount of trappings to keep a balance with wildlife populations and nature in the ecosystem. ” The vast majority of fur comes from fur farms, however.

Teresa Eloy, also with the Fur Council, argues that animals at fur farms have to be treated well in order for their fur to be beautiful and lush.

These arguments don’t convince Danielle Katz of the animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

She argues animals suffer and emphasizes that many celebrities refuse to wear fur for ethical reasons, hoping that their young fans will follow suit.

Many clients, however, are more concerned with appearance than where the fur comes from, Bingham

said.

Noemie Archambault, a 20-year-old wearing a coat with a fur-lined hood at a bus stop, said she didn’t even check whether it was real before buying it.

Turns out it’s made with raccoon fur.

“It definitely bothers me, but at the same time it’s good quality and it will stay nice for a long time and it’s warm,” she said.

Flaherty’s skin condition uncommon, generally can be brought under control THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The skin condition afflicting Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is one that can generally be brought under control with a regimen of drugs.

But getting there may take awhile, doctors say.

Flaherty reluctantly revealed in an interview with the Globe and Mail that he is suffering from bullous pemphigoid, an uncommon and sometimes painful auto-immune condition.

Questions about his health have been swirling for months after the formerly trim finance minister put on a noticeable amount of weight.

More tellingly, his face appeared to balloon.

That’s a telltale sign of the use of corticosteroids.

That swelling is so common in people taking oral corticosteroids there is even a term for it — moon facies — that describes the effect.

Bullous pemphigoid is one of a class of skin diseases known as autoimmune blistering disorders, says Dr. Michael Camilleri, an expert on the condition who works at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Bullous pemphigoid is the most common of these disorders and, fortunately for Flaherty, is not the most severe of the diseases in this class.

It is also a condition that is very responsive to treatment, Camilleri says.

‘IT CAN BE FROM ABSOLUTELY TRIVIAL TO A REAL BIG DEAL.’ — DR. NEIL KORMAN,

Still, the disease can be unpleasant, with fluid-filled blisters forming in creases in the skin — the groin, the armpits — or on the torso or limbs.

Sometimes the blisters form in the mouth or on other sites of mucous membranes such as around the eyes.

The disease severity differs from one person to the next, says Dr. Neil Korman, who specializes in the treatment of the condition.

“Oh, it varies. It can be from absolutely trivial to a real big deal,” says Korman, who teaches in the department of dermatology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

What’s a big deal when it comes to bullous pemphigoid?

“A person could have 20, 30, 40 per cent of their body surface area covered with red spots and blisters, and blisters that break that leave raw areas that can make them awfully miserable.”

Korman says he is currently treating about 25 patients with the condition and has seen 300 to 400 of these cases over the course of his career.

But he says most dermatologists — even the ones who don’t specialize in these conditions and who don’t practise in university hospitals — would see two or three cases a year.

Neither Camilleri nor Korman knows the ratio of cases to the general population, but Korman estimates it would be fewer than 10 per 100,000 people.

The condition is rarely seen in anyone younger than 60 and the risk rises with age from that point.

It doesn’t appear to run in families, nor is one ethnic group or another more at risk of developing the condition.

The disorder is the result of the auto-immune system running amok, developing antibodies to a protein that is found in the skin.

That’s why the blisters form.

What sets off the immune system isn’t understood at this point. And doctors also cannot say why blisters only form on some parts of the skin, not all over.

An outbreak could be a few blisters on a small patch of skin, something that could be treated with steroid creams or ointments.

But more extensive blistering requires an oral steroid regime.

Flaherty is taking an oral steroid called prednisone. Camilleri says the drug works quickly to mitigate the symptoms of bullous pemphigoid, including the intense itching that accompanies the blisters.

Doctors treating these

cases would prescribe corticosteroids in combination with other drugs — medications that dial down the immune system and anti-inflammatory drugs.

After three or four months of prednisone, the goal would be to start to wean the patient off the steroid and let the other drugs take over, Camilleri says.

He says the visual side-effects of prednisone should fade after the drug is stopped.

Camilleri says some of his patients make it through their bouts of bullous pemphigoid within about a year, but two to three years is more common.

Korman estimates the length of the typical episode at between one and five years. People who have had the condition can have a recurrence.

But Camilleri says that what is more common is that patients have a flare-up when they are in the process of being weaned off the drug regimen.

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Rebels head west for big trip VLADIMIR TARASENKO

NHL’S ROOKIE OF THE MONTH St. Louis Blues rightwinger Vladimir Tarasenko was named NHL rookie of the month on Monday.

He led all rookies in scoring with nine points (five goals, four assists) over seven games in January.

Tampa Bay Lightning centre Cory Conacher (3-6-9 in six games), Edmonton Oilers centre Nail Yakupov (4-1-5 in seven games), Oilers defenceman Justin Schultz (2-3-5 in seven games) and Montreal Canadiens centre Alex Galchenyuk (1-4-5 in six games) were also considered. The 21-year-old Tarasenko scored on his first two NHL shots in a 6-0 victory over Detroit on Jan. 19. He was selected by the Blues with the 16th overall pick in the 2010 draft.

Today

● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Red Deer Curling Centre. ● Senior high basketball: Wetaskiwin at Notre Dame, Hunting Hills at Innisfail, Rocky Mountain House at Stettler, Ponoka at Sylvan Lake, Lindsay Thurber at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Stettler, 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday

● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Red Deer Curling Centre. ● JV basketball: Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, Stettler at Rocky Mountain House, Ponoka at Wetaskiwin, Lacombe at Camrose; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● AJHL: Grande Prairie at Olds, 7:30 p.m.

Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m.

(The Drive).

Thursday

● Curling: Red Deer Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel, Red Deer Curling Centre. ● Senior high basketball: Camrose at Sylvan Lake, Lacombe at Ponoka; girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow.

NEED TO BRING A-GAME DURING THREE-GAME TRIP STARTING IN PRINCE GEORGE WEDNESDAY

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR The Red Deer Rebels headed west this morning knowing that bringing nothing less than their A-game will suffice during a crucial, three-stop trip.

But then, what else is new?

“It’s a big trip, but every game is big at this time of the season no matter if it’s at home or on the road,” Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter said Monday from Las Vegas, where he’s attending Western Hockey League meetings.

“You have to focus in on every game and stay very much engaged in that game, and when it’s over get ready for the next one because they happen very quickly.”

The Rebels open a three-game jaunt Wednesday versus the Prince George Cougars, who took advantage of their lacklustre hosts to prevail 3-1 Jan. 19 at the Centrium.

“We can’t have games where we don’t give ourselves a chance to win,” said Sutter, looking back at the earlier meeting with the Cougars but still stinging from last Friday’s 3-2 loss at Lethbridge.

“That’s what’s disappointing about the

game in Lethbridge — that we played pretty darn well yet made two mental mistakes in the last seven minutes that you just can’t make this time of the year,” he added. “Everyone is playing for the same reason as we are, so every game is tight.”

The Rebels ran off nine straight wins after Sutter replaced Jesse Wallin behind the bench in mid-November, but have ridden a momentum roller-coaster since. The club is a so-so 4-4-2 in its last 10 outings, but Sutter is taking the glass-half-full approach when looking back at what has transpired over the last two and a half months.

“We’re six games over .500, we’re sitting in fourth place in the (Eastern) conference and we’re in a position that every game is a big game for us, every game is like playoff hockey for us now,” he said.

“More importantly, for me, I’ve been able to get a real good feel for what we have on the team and where we are with our staff.

I’ve been able to see what (associate coach Jeff Truitt) brings to the table. It’s important that I have a good feel on the group and it’s important for Jeff as well.”

The evaluations have as much to do with the future as the present, especially if Sutter steps aside following the season to focus

McLeod brings soccer program to Red Deer WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM GOALTENDER ENJOYING SUCCESS THAT CAME FROM OLYMPICS

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF The Canadian women’s soccer team made history when they captured bronze in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in England.

That 1-0 win over France, coupled with a controversial loss to the Americans in the semifinals captivated the nation. The attention the Canadian team received was off the charts.

“It’s starting to settle down a little now, but right after the Olympics it was crazy,” said Canadian team goalkeeper Erin McLeod, who was in Red Deer Monday for a clinic with a group of youngsters and a presentation “Make Every Second Count.”

“Before there wasn’t many people outside my family who knew my name,” said McLeod with a laugh. “But it was overwhelming . . . it’s been wonderful that that many people tuned in to see our team play and I’m proud of that.

“We have a conversation all the time that not that many people would have tuned in without the controversy. One in three Canadians saw parts of that game . . . it was second only to the men’s hockey team’s victory in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. For women’s soccer that was huge.”

For the few who may have missed it the Canadians missed an opportunity to go for the gold when they were defeated 4-3 by the United States in the semifinals in extra time.

The controversy came in the 78th minute when McLeod was called for holding the ball to long — over six seconds — and the US was awarded an indirect free kick. It was a penalty

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Canadian women’s national soccer team goaltender Erin McLeod shows some young Red Deer minor soccer goaltenders some drills and tricks of the trade while hosting a clinic and presentation at the Westerner Agricentre Monday evening. never called unless a keeper is obviously delaying the game.

On the ensuing free kick Canada received another controversial call when a defender tried to turn from the ball and the ball unintentionally touched her arm. Abby Wambach was awarded a penalty kick and scored the tying goal.

“That comes up in speeches all the time and I still cry when I get to it,” said McLeod.

“There’s something about the bitterness that drives all of

us forward and for that we’re grateful. We got the bronze, but we’re still upset with that and it drives us to go back and do better.”

Still McLeod isn’t about to give the bronze medal back, although she says they were “lucky” to win it.

“All the things that went against us in the semifinal went our way in the bronze medal game,” she said. “We didn’t have much left after the loss, but what we did have we gave

it all.”

Winning the bronze on a goal

by Diana Matheson in the 90th minute and coming after the controversy, almost seemed like gold for Canada.

“I think we’re a bunch of softies and any time a team comes back from a heart-wrenching loss it’s special. We were all heart-broken, but came back with a win.”

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on his GM duties.

“I’m hoping that we’ll be able to determine what type of coach we need moving forward, where we’re at with our team, the type of team we have . . . just so many different things,” he said.

“We as a coaching staff need to get a good feel for the group and having Jeff’s insight is really important.

“There are still some things we need to add to the team, no question, but it’s not going to happen overnight. That being said, the important thing right now is that the older players be more responsible, more accountable. Things have to be on their shoulders.

“I’ve challenged them. I’ve been hard on our older group, challenging them to be better than the other team’s older players.

Those guys have to make our young players better.”

Forward Joel Hamilton, who sat out the last two games with an upper body injury, has been cleared to play and will be in the Rebels lineup tonight. The Rebels are in Seattle Friday to take on the Thunderbirds, then conclude their trip with a Saturday date with the Kamloops Blazers. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

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Vancouver Canucks Alexandre Burrows tries to deflect the puck as Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk makes the save during NHL action in Edmonton, on Monday.

Canucks 3 Oilers 2 OT EDMONTON — Chris Tanev scored with 19.3 seconds remaining in overtime as the Vancouver Canucks won a season-high third game in a row, coming from behind to defeat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Monday.

With just 2:17 remaining and the Oilers holding a 2-1 lead, the Canucks were able to tie the game up on a long shot from Kevin Bieksa that beat goalie Devan Dubnyk stick-side to send the game to extra time.

Taylor Hall was awarded a penalty shot for the Oilers with 2:47 gone in OT after being hooked down by Daniel Sedin on a breakaway, but Hall was stopped by Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo, who finished with 23 saves.

Jannik Hansen also scored in regulation for the Canucks (5-2-2), who extended their lead atop the Northwest Division.

Ales Hemsky and Ryan Smyth replied for the Oilers (4-3-2), who have lost three in a row. Dubnyk meanwhile stopped 37 shots.

The first period was largely uneventful until late in the frame when the Oilers struck on the power play.

Nail Yakupov made a nice chip pass and Hemsky hustled to beat Jason Garrison to the puck before undressing Luongo with a deke for his third goal of the season.

The Oilers made it 2-0 eight minutes into the second as Anton Lander picked off a pass at the Canucks blueline while shorthanded and sent it to Smyth in front. His shot was partially blocked by Alex Edler but still managed to dribble its way into the Vancouver net.

The Canucks got on the board four minutes later after a good battle by Hansen culminated in his shot from behind the goal-line catching Dubnyk off guard, going in off his arm.

Vancouver held a 21-12 shot advantage after 40 minutes.

The Canucks had a good chance to tie it up five minutes into the third period on a tipped shot in front of the net by Alex Burrows, but Dubnyk was able to make a leaping save.

Luongo matched that with a pointblank save on Jordan Eberle with nine minutes to play.

The Oilers play host to the Dallas Stars on Wednesday. The Canucks are off until Thursday when they take on the Wild in Minnesota.

Notes: It was the second of five meetings between the divisional rivals this season. Edmonton won the first meeting 3-2 in a shootout to open its season. ... Luongo made his fourth consecutive start, despite off-season talk that he had been overtaken for the starting job by Cory Schneider and was likely to be traded. ... Dubnyk has started every game this season.

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Central Division GP W LOTLSOL Edmonton 54 38 11 2 3 Calgary 53 33 16 1 3 Red Deer 54 27 21 4 2 Lethbridge 55 24 23 1 7 Medicine Hat 54 25 26 2 1 Kootenay 53 24 27 2 0

GF 202 183 150 172 184 139

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF Kelowna 54 40 10 3 1 244 Kamloops 55 35 15 2 3 198 Victoria 51 28 19 1 3 166 Prince George 53 16 30 2 5 132 Vancouver 53 13 40 0 0 142

Bartosak, RD Driedger, Cal GA 162 159 151 185 190 217 GA 111 145 159 182 190 169

GA 131 153 173 189 229

Pt 64 57 55 45 44 42 Pt 81 70 60 56 53 50

Pt 84 75 60 39 26

U.S. Division GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt Portland 53 43 7 1 2 242 115 89 Tri-City 53 31 19 1 2 174 157 65 Spokane 51 30 19 2 0 193 163 62 Everett 54 21 28 1 4 132 190 47 Seattle 54 19 31 3 1 157 219 42 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.

Tuesday’s games Edmonton at Prince Albert, 6 p.m.

Lethbridge at Regina, 6 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 6:05 p.m.

Seattle at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

G 18 17 7 12 11 5 11 4 8 7 3 8 7 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 0

A 22 17 25 16 17 22 14 13 8 8 12 5 4 8 7 5 3 4 4 0 1 1 0

Pts 40 34 32 28 28 27 25 17 16 15 15 13 11 10 8 7 5 5 4 2 1 1 0

PIM 54 8 27 33 28 18 59 41 16 18 15 24 10 85 68 15 10 9 14 27 2 28 10

+/11 9 2 -6 -2 -1 -1 8 -6 -7 2 5 -5 -1 10 -5 -3 -2 -5 -11 — -6 —

Goaltenders Bartosak Pouliot

MP 2159 914

GA SO GAA Sv% 85 2 2.36 .930 52 0 3.41 .906

WHL LEADERS Through Feb. 4 SCORING G 36 36 36 29 31 31 29 33 27 32

Petan, Por Leipsic, Por Col.Smith, Kam Rattie, Por Bell, Kel Bozon, Kam Feser, TC Lowry, SC Lipon, Kam Valk, MH

GOALTENDERS (Minimum 1,000 minutes played) W L O Jarry, Edm 13 5 0 Carruth, Por 23 3 2 Brossoit, Edm 25 6 5

4 3

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GP 8 8 9 9 9

Northeast Division W L OT Pts 6 1 1 13 6 2 0 12 5 3 1 11 4 5 0 8 3 5 1 7

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts Tampa Bay 8 6 2 0 12 Carolina 8 4 4 0 8 Winnipeg 8 3 4 1 7 Florida 8 3 5 0 6 Washington 9 2 6 1 5

GF GA 24 19 26 17 25 16 22 27 27 33 GF GA 39 21 22 24 24 32 20 30 21 33

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 9 7 0 2 16 28 20 St. Louis 8 6 2 0 12 31 19 Detroit 8 4 3 1 9 22 24 Nashville 8 3 2 3 9 14 20 Columbus 9 3 5 1 7 18 28 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts 9 5 2 2 12 9 4 3 2 10 9 4 4 1 9 9 4 5 0 8 6 1 3 2 4

GF GA 24 22 22 24 21 24 21 23 16 24

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 9 7 1 1 15 31 16 Anaheim 8 6 1 1 13 29 23 Phoenix 10 4 4 2 10 29 27 Dallas 10 4 5 1 9 20 25 Los Angeles 7 2 3 2 6 16 23 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s games Lethbridge at Brandon, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Portland, 8 p.m.

Red Deer at Prince George, 8 p.m.

Prince Albert at Saskatoon, 8:05 p.m.

Kelowna at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Seattle at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Red Deer Rebels Scoring GP Elson 47 Dieno 31 Hamilton 52 Bellerive 51 Ness 54 Maxwell 54 Dumba 45 Gaudet 48 Millette 38 Bleackley 48 Fleury 48 Johnson 38 Volek 17 Underwood 51 Fafard 50 Stockl 45 Pochuk 31 Feser 18 Doetzel 31 Thiel 34 Pouliot 18 Boomgaarden 19 Bartosak 38

11 12

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 9 6 3 0 12 30 22 New Jersey 8 4 1 3 11 20 19 N.Y. Islanders 8 4 3 1 9 27 26 N.Y. Rangers 8 4 4 0 8 19 22 Philadelphia 9 3 6 0 6 21 26

Vancouver Edmonton Minnesota Colorado Calgary

Sunday-Monday No Games Scheduled.

21 25

A 57 54 50 44 41 41 43 37 43 35

Pt 93 90 86 73 72 72 72 70 70 67

GAA 1.62 1.83 2.07

SO 5 6 4

Attendance — 16,839 (16,839) at Edmonton.

Stars 3, Avalanche 2 First Period 1. Dallas, Ja.Benn 1, 2:21 2. Dallas, Morrow 1 (Jagr, Ja.Benn) 11:18 3. Colorado, Hejduk 1 (Mitchell, Stastny) 18:12 Penalties — Hunwick Col (roughing), Bordeleau Col (charging) 13:21, Ryder Dal (slashing) 18:37, Parenteau Col (hooking) 19:00.

Second Period 4. Colorado, Parenteau 7 (Stastny, McGinn) 11:33 (pp) 5. Dallas, Ja.Benn 2 (Roy, Rome) 15:29 Penalties — Jagr Dal (slashing) 5:43, Morrow Dal (goaltender interference) 8:31, Robidas Dal (tripping) 10:46.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Jagr Dal (delay of game) 6:42, Zanon Col (holding) 14:22, O’Byrne Col (delay of game) 16:13.

Shots on goal Dallas 14 3 9 — 26 Colorado 13 11 7 — 31 Goal — Dallas: Lehtonen (W,4-2-1); Colorado: Varlamov (L,3-5-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Dallas: 0-5; Colorado: 1-5.

Attendance — 13,441 (18,007) at Denver.

Coyotes 2, Wild 1 First Period 1. Phoenix, Korpikoski 4 (Yandle) 15:09 Penalty — Mitchell Minn (hooking) 9:34.

Second Period 2. Phoenix, Hanzal 4 (Vrbata, Michalek) 7:48 3. Minnesota, Parise 6, 10:20 Penalties — None.

Third Period No Scoring.

Penalties — Sullivan Phx (hooking) 8:49, Morris Phx (holding stick) 16:11.

Shots on goal by Minnesota 10 8 4 — 22 Phoenix 17 6 11 — 34 Goal — Minnesota: Backstrom (L,3-3-1); Phoenix: Smith (W,2-2-1).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Minnesota: 0-2; Phoenix: 0-1.

Referees — Francis Charron, Brad Meier. Linesmen — Lonnie Cameron, Mike Cvik.

Attendance — 9,508 (17,125) at Glendale, Ariz.

Hurricanes 4, Maple Leafs 1 First Period 1. Toronto, Frattin 5 (Kadri, Komarov) 5:44 Penalties — Westgarth Car, McLaren Tor (fighting) 2:55, McBain Car (high-sticking) 7:35, Westgarth Car (tripping) 13:54.

Second Period 1. Carolina, J.Staal 1 (Dwyer, Skinner) 1:21 2. Carolina, E.Staal 7 (Tlusty, Brent) 10:21 (pp) Penalties — McClement Tor (unsportsmanlike conduct) 9:41, Fraser Tor (boarding) 11:48, McBain Car (hooking) 13:05, Kostka Tor (tripping) 19:16, Holzer Tor (tripping) 19:46.

Third Period 4. Carolina, Faulk 2 (Skinner, Semin) 0:43 (pp) 5. Carolina, Dwyer 3 (J.Staal, Skinner) 9:58 Penalties — Semin Car (hooking) 6:21, Brent Car (holding) 18:52.

Shots on goal Carolina 12 20 7 — 39 Toronto 18 5 18 — 41 Goal — Carolina: Ward (W,2-3-0); Toronto: Reimer (L,3-3-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Carolina: 2-4; Toronto: 0-5.

Attendance — 19,073 (18,819) at Toronto.

Sunday’s Games Pittsburgh 6, Washington 3 Montreal 2, Ottawa 1 Florida 4, Buffalo 3 New Jersey 3, N.Y. Islanders 0 Monday’s Games Carolina 4, Toronto 1 Dallas 3, Colorado 2 Phoenix 2, Minnesota 1 Vancouver 3, Edmonton 2, OT Anaheim 2, San Jose 1 Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m.

Toronto at Washington, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Florida at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Chicago at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s summaries Canucks 3, Oilers 2 (OT) First Period 1. Edmonton, Hemsky 3 (Yakupov, Gagner) 18:38 (pp) Penalties — Yakupov Edm (delay of game) 2:46, Volpatti Vcr (boarding) 8:25, H.Sedin Vcr (boarding) 17:04.

Second Period 2. Edmonton, Smyth 1 (Lander) 8:08 (sh) 3. Vancouver, Hansen 1 (Schroeder, Higgins) 12:41 Penalties — Eberle Edm (holding) 1:15, Yakupov Edm (tripping) 6:59.

Third Period 4. Vancouver, Bieksa 1 (Raymond, Hansen) 17:43 Penalties — Schroeder Vcr (holding) 6:17, Smyth Edm (interference) 7:04, Ballard Vcr (hooking) 13:35.

Overtime 5. Vancouver, Tanev 1 (D.Sedin, H.Sedin) 4:40 Missed penalty shot — Hall Edm, 2:47.

Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Vancouver 5 16 12 — 40 Edmonton 8 4 2 — 25 Goal — Vancouver: Luongo (W,3-0-2); Edmonton: Dubnyk (L,4-3-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Vancouver: 0-4; Edmonton: 1-4.

Sharks 1 at Ducks 2 First Period 1. San Jose, Couture 6 (Desjardins, Wingels) 18:08 Penalties — Clowe SJ (instigator, fighting, minormajor-misconduct), Beleskey Ana (fighting, major) 11:20, Wingels SJ (tripping) 14:59, Allen Ana (holding) 18:22.

Second Period No Scoring Penalties — Havlat SJ (tripping) 7:07, Koivu Ana (interference) 12:44, Allen Ana (interference) 16:12, Wingels SJ (hooking) 19:17, Souray Ana (tripping) 19:29.

Third Period 2. Anaheim, Koivu 2, 3:53 3. Anaheim, Souray 3 (Beauchemin, Getzlaf) 13:21 Penalties — Beauchemin Ana (interference) 4:24, Handzus SJ (hooking) 7:49, Pavelski SJ (delay of game) 8:13, Allen Ana (cross-checking) 16:38.

Shots on goal San Jose 7 7 12 — 26 Anaheim 8 13 11 — 32 Goal — San Jose: Greiss (L,1-1-0); Anaheim: Fasth (W,3-0-0).

Power plays (goals-chances) — San Jose: 0-6; Anaheim: 0-6.

Attendance — 14,324 (17,174).

Transactions Monday’s Sports Transactions BASEBALL American League DETROIT TIGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Max Scherzer on a one-year contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Traded SS Jed Lowrie and RHP Fernando Rodriguez to Oakland for 1B Chris Carter, RHP Brad Peacock and C Max Stassi.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES—Named Bob Apodaca assistant minor league pitching co-ordinator; Mark Strittmatter minor league catching co-ordinator; Andy Stover assistant minor league rehabilitation co-ordinator; Andy McKay minor league peak performance co-ordinator; Glenallen Hill manager, Dave Schuler pitching coach, Dave Hajek coach and Mike Jasperson strength and conditioning trainer for Colorado Springs (PCL); Duane Espy development supervisor, Kevin Riggs manager, Darryl Scott pitching coach, Darin Everson hitting coach, Chris Dovey medical trainer and Brian Buck strength and conditioning trainer for Tulsa (TL); Fred Nelson development supervisor and Dave Burba pitching

coach for Modesto (Cal); Marv Foley development supervisor and Fred Ocasio manager of Asheville (SAL); Ron Gideon development supervisor, Drew Saylor manager, Frank Gonzales pitching coach, Warren Schaeffer coach and Casey Papas medical trainer for Tri-City (NWL); and Tony Diaz development supervisor, Anthony Sanders manager, Lee Stevens hitting coach and John Duff medical trainer for Grand Junction (Pioneer).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Claimed INF Tony Abreu off waivers from Kansas City.

American Association AMARILLO SOX—Signed RHP Freddy Flores and OF Jason Martin.

FOOTBALL National Football League CINCINNATI BENGALS—Reinstated LB Brandon Joiner from the reserve/did not report list.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Reassigned receivers coach Jimmy Robinson to senior coaching consultant. Named Derek Dooley wide receivers coach.

DETROIT LIONS—Released WR Titus Young.

Canadian Football League

Bowling Heritage Lanes Weekly Results Monday-Club 55 plus High Single: Martin McLaughlin 259. High Triple: Don Knowler 694.

Monday Mixed High Single: Brian Battensby 262. High Triple: Battensby 678.

Tuesday Mixed High Single: Brandon Debler 329. High Triple: Debler 884.

Wednesday-Club 55 plus High Single: Ray Clark 243. High Triple: Clark 645.

Wednesday Mixed High Single: Rollie Gervais 327. High Triple: Kevin Taylor 778.

Thursday Morning Ladies High Single: Holly Morelli 262. High Triple: Judy Waisanen 601.

Thursday Afternoon Special Olympics Mixed High Single: Franklin McLellan 223. High Triple: Anthony Kubasek 390.

Thursday Mixed High Single: Anthony Streit 320. High

Triple: Streit 841.

Monday Scratch League High Single: Gene Ziebarth 358. High Quad: Shelby Chrest 1,225.

Sunday Fun League High Single: Marcel Serre 243. High Triple: Kurtis Pieper 610.

Youth Bowling of Canada (YBC) Bumpers High Single: Dyson Seifried 95.

Bowlasaurus High Single: Ashlyn Makarenko 117.

Peewees High Single: Kedrixx Streit 118. High Double: Streit 221.

Bantams High Single: Jenson Wudkevich 180. High Triple: Emma Jean Ostrikoff 488.

Juniors High Single: Cody Pratt 257. High Triple: Pratt 607.

Seniors High Single: Tim Pratt 267. High Triple: Brendan Innes 716.

B.C. LIONS—Signed PK Paul McCallum to a contract extension.

HAMILTON TIGER-CATS—Announced the retirement of vice-president of football operations Bob O’Billovich.

HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Recalled F Ryan Spooner from Providence (AHL) on an emergency basis.

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Placed D Adrian Aucoin on injured reserve, retroactive to Jan. 29.

Recalled D Cody Goloubef from Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS—Activated F Derek Roy and G Cris Nilstorp from injured reserve. Assigned Nilstorp and D Jordie Benn to Texas (AHL).

DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled G Petr Mrazek and F Tomas Tatar from Grand Rapids (AHL). Reassigned G Thomas McCollum to Grand Rapids. Placed D Brendan Smith on injured reserve.

NEW YORK RANGERS—Traded F Mike Rupp to Minnesota for F Darroll Powe and F Nick Palmieri. Recalled F J.T. Miller and F Brandon Mashinter from Connecticut (AHL).

Bennett Erickson and Ryan Oakes were double gold medalists for the Red Deer Ski Club in a pair of Sport Chek Regional Series GS races at Canyon Ski Hill during the weekend.

Erickson won the boys’ U14 title both Saturday and Sunday while Oakes took the U16 crown both days.

Curtis Oakes was second and Andrew Panteluk fifth in the U16 boys’ division Saturday while Kale Chessor was sixth in the U14 category Saturday.

Saige Beaumont won silver in the U18 girls’ division both days with Jacqueline Starcheski fifth Saturday.

Julia Richards had a silver Saturday and a fifth Sunday in the U14 girls’ division while Kathryn Richards was fifth Saturday and third Sunday in the U16 girls’ category.

Chris Lowry was fifth both days in the U18 boys’ division.

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L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 5:30 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Memphis, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Denver, 7 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Charlotte at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Indiana at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 5 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Orlando, 5 p.m.

New York at Washington, 5 p.m.

Memphis at Atlanta, 5:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Detroit, 5:30 p.m.

Houston at Miami, 5:30 p.m.

Phoenix at New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Portland at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Utah, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

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Scoffin beats rink coached by father JUNIOR CURLING THE CANADIAN PRESS FORT MCMURRAY — The kid got the better of the old man at the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior curling championships.

Thomas Scoffin’s Alberta team held off Will Mahoney’s Yukon rink, which is coached

by Scoffin’s father Wade, 6-4 on Monday.

Thomas Scoffin skipped Yukon teams at the last six junior championships before moving to Edmonton for university.

When he took the ice he was facing his father as well as ex-teammates Mahoney and Mitch Young.

“That’s a different feeling, I’ve never done that before,” said Scoffin, who improved to 3-1.

“It was definitely a little strange. Kudos to that team, they came to play today. They didn’t miss much, we really had to grind to get a win there.

We’re glad we got that win and we’re looking forward to tomorrow now.”

The elder Scoffin meanwhile was happy Yukon stayed competitive against the favoured Albertans.

“We were looking forward to the game, most definitely,” said Wade Scoffin.

“I’m really glad that the guys I’m coaching right now performed really, really well, and took it right down to the last shot.”

While Thomas Scoffin has moved to a new province, his dad didn’t see a lot different in his son’s game.

“His intensity, his goals, his determination are all the

same,” said Wade Scoffin. “He has great opportunities with new guys and the program in Edmonton is a great program that has given him a lot of support.”

In other men’s games, Northern Ontario’s Matthew Roberts beat Adam Boland of Newfoundland and Labrador 9-3, P.E.I. edged B.C. 5-4 and Ontario took an extra end to defeat Saskatchewan 8-7.

The result improved Ontario’s Aaron Squires to 4-1 atop Pool A, while New Brunswick’s Josh Barry remained the only men’s unbeaten team at 5-0 in Pool B. In women’s play, B.C.’s Corryn Brown took a step toward qualifying for the championship round with an impressive 8-1 win over Alberta’s Karynn Flory.

Brown improved to 4-1 with the victory to tie Yukon atop Pool A — an impressive feat for a team making its debut at the tournament.

“I think the first days we still kind of had the rookie jitters going on, but definitely now we’re a lot more comfortable,” said Brown. “We’re getting used to the ice, getting used to the rocks, and we’ve definitely improved quite a bit.”

Brown’s team is no stranger to big-game experience.

The squad won gold at the 2011 Canada Winter Games, and Brown was part of a Scoffin-skipped mixed team that won bronze at the 2012 Youth Winter Olympics in Austria.

Still, she had no expectations ahead of the junior championships.

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SOCCER: Toured Since then McLeod and a number of her teammates have toured across Canada.

“Because of what we accomplished I get to do this,” she said. “There’s some of the girls in Edmonton, in fact we’re all over the place promoting the game of soccer across Canada. I’ve been to Halifax, New Brunswick and all the way to Vancouver.

“It’s hockey country, but I think that’s changing a bit. I’m doing corporate now, which I never did before and there’s more coaching and art . . . more side jobs. I’m more active in it and people are paying attention.”

She believes the women are role models for young girls in Canada, something they needed.

“It’s great they have female role models, something that wasn’t always there. For us it’s not easy as we’re more recognizable . . . you have to wear a ball cap to hide, but really it’s wonderful for young athletes.”

Although she is in the spotlight at clinics and presentations, McLeod takes something from the young athletes she works with.

“It’s inspiring,” she said. “The young kids have that look in their eyes . . . a passion to do it because it’s fun and enjoyable. I do it because I can give back.

I’m originally from Alberta (St. Albert) and don’t get a chance to come back that often, but it’s cool for me to be able to come home.”

The 29-year-old McLeod first joined the National senior women’s team in 2002. She also backed the U19 team that finished second to the US in the World Championship in 2002.

She has made 80 appearances on the international scene and started 77 games. She played with Vancouver in the W League and is presently preparing to play for the Chicago Red Stars in the National Women’s Soccer League.

“There will be 16 Canadians playing in that league, which is great,:” she said. “It will be a high calibre league with members of the Mexico national team, Canada and the US. The league will receive support from those countries’ programs, which will help the league’s budget.”

McLeod took creative advertising at Penn State University and uses that in a new coaching company.

But she doesn’t plan on leaving the game just yet.

“I think everyone dreams of playing in the World Cup in their own country, plus I’m hoping to play through Rio (2020 Olympics).”

McLeod also enjoys one other aspect of playing with the national team — being a teammate with Christine Sinclair, possibly the premier player in the world.

“I let her score on me on occasion,” she said with a laugh. “But it’s an honour to play with her. She’s one of the coolest people. She won every award, but is so humble and a real leader.” drode@reddeeradvocate.com

OILERS: Healthy scratch Edmonton defenceman Ryan Whitney was a healthy scratch, saying it was the first time in his career to be so. ... Captain Shawn Horcoff returned from missing two games for the Oilers with a strained neck, but left the game in the second period with a hand injury. Fellow Oilers centre Eric Belanger will miss at least a week with two broken toes. Magnus Pajaarvi was called back up from the farm to fill his spot in the lineup. ... The Canucks are still playing without David Booth (strained groin), who is expected to miss another 2-4 weeks. Vancouver is also still without Ryan Kesler, on injury reserve following surgery on his wrist and shoulder, however he did practise with the team on Sunday. ... Oiler defenceman Mark Fistric left the game with a back injury.

MLB TRADE

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OAKLAND, Calif. — The Oakland Athletics acquired infielder Jed Lowrie and right-hander Fernando Rodriguez from the Houston Astros for first baseman Chris Carter and two minor leaguers on Monday.

Right-hander Brad Peacock and catcher Max Stassi also went to Houston in the deal between franchises that will be playing in the same division for the first time following the Astros’ move from the NL Central to the AL West in 2013.

Lowrie batted .244 with 16 homers and 42 RBIs in 97 games with Houston, missing two months with ankle and thumb injuries. Despite the limited playing time, Lowrie tied for the fourth most homers among all shortstops last year. He played exclusively at shortstop last season but previously played second and third base as well during his four years with the Boston Red Sox. The A’s had previously signed Japanese shortstop Hiroyuki Nakajima to a $6.5 million, two-year contract to be an everyday player and could use Lowrie at a variety of positions.

Lowrie, who played his college ball at nearby Stanford, agreed to a $2.4 million salary to avoid arbitration. The Astros are likely to have the lowest payroll in the majors in 2013.

Rodriguez went 2-10 with a 5.37 ERA in 71 relief appearances last year.

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BRIEFS Pair of Exelta girls win gold at home meet Hanna Bilsborrow and Kaelan Hayter of the host Red Deer Exelta Gymnastics Club were allround gold medal winners at the annual Exelta Cup girls’ artistic meet during the weekend.

Bilsborrow won the P5 open title with Hayter taking the national open class.

Bilsborrow won the vault and beam, was third on the uneven bars and fourth on the floor.

Hayter was only one of two athletes in her division and won three of the four events while finishing second in the vault.

Lina Koller placed second in the P4 open division while tying for second on the floor, placing third on the vault and beam and fourth on the bars.

Molly Hall-Jarratt placed third in the P4 tyro class after finishing second on the beam and fourth on the vault, bars and floor.

Casey Patsula was eighth in the

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Third Randy Hovey of the Murray Reay rink makes a shot against the Doug Radomski rink during opening day action at the Red Deer Farmers Bonspiel Monday. Radomski’s foursome posted a 9-8 win. The Farmers/Farmerettes ‘spiel runs through Saturday at the Red Deer Curling Centre.

Hartley not deterred after Flames’ disappointing start

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Bob Hartley has experienced tough starts as a coach in the past and he’s confident the Calgary Flames have what it takes to improve upon their 1-3-2 record.

On Monday, he recalled that when he broke into the NHL as head coach of the Colorado Avalanche in 1998-’99, his team bounced back after a sluggish start.

“My first year in Colorado we were 2-5 and we made it to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup semifinals,” Hartley said. “Last year in Zurich we were 5-8 and we won the championship.

“There’s plenty of examples like this.”

Hartley guided the ZSC Lions to a Swiss League title last season before being hired to coach the Flames in late May. His Calgary side is coming off a disappointing 3-2 shootout loss at home to the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday night. The Flames now head out on a three-game road trip starting in Detroit on Tuesday.

It will be forward Jiri Hudler’s first game back at Joe Louis Arena since signing as a free agent with the Flames in the off-season.

“Obviously I want to win so

bad,” said Hudler, who has five points in three games this season.

“First time going back, I’ve got a lot of good friends there and it’s going to be a lot of fun, but at the same time we need the points.”

Hartley commended his players for a fine performance against Chicago. The Flames were dominant at times against the leagueleading Blackhawks (7-0-2), who stole the victory thanks to a 45-save performance by goalie Ray Emery and a clutch shootout goal by Chicago captain Patrick Kane.

“We’re doing some good things,” Hartley said. “We’re building on a good foundation. I would like to see our guys getting rewarded because I think that they deserve better.”

Hartley believes the Flames will have momentum on their side following Saturday’s performance against the Blackhawks.

“We’re right there and I feel that we’re showing progress,” Hartley said. “It’s going to be a good building block for us, but at the same time, we need to cash in on our chances and rack up some wins.”

Defenceman Mark Giordano said that he and his teammates came away from the shootout setback with confidence that they can compete against the top teams in the league.

JUNIOR B HOCKEY The Red Deer Vipers, with Jeffery Kohut, Colton Weseen and Ryan Thomson each sniping two goals, thumped the Ponoka Stampeders 10-0 in Heritage Junior B Hockey League action Monday at the Arena.

Tanner Howe scored once for the winners, as did Chris Robertson, Brandon Evanoff and affiliate Travis Mayan, who added three assists.

Brenden Mandrusiak turned aside 34 shots for the shutout. Aaron Swier and Eli Falls combined to make 48 saves for the visiting Stamps.

The Vipers earned a win and a tie during weekend play.

Howe, Thompson and Cole DeGraaf each sniped two goals as Red Deer buried the visiting Mountainview Colts 9-1 Saturday.

Also scoring for the Vipers were Jonathan Finnigan, Nick Glackin and Troy Klaus. DeGraaf added three assists.

Jayden Adrian made 23 saves for Red Deer, which held a 48-24 advantage in shots.

Red Deer’s power play was three-for-seven in the chippy affair that featured six fights in the third period.

P3 tyro division as she took sixth on the beam and 10th on the bars.

Sydney Larsen tied for fourth on the vault and was ninth on the beam while Mataya Rideout tied for seventh on the bars, was ninth on the vault and 10th on the floor.

Keara Slimmon placed 10th on the vault.

In P4 open competition, Rachel Hyink was eighth overall while taking second on the beam and tying for eighth on the vault. Taylor Plante was ninth on the bars.

Karis Wiegeria was 10th allround in the P1 argo class after finishing in a tie for second on the bars and taking third on the floor.

Katherine Stuber tied for sixth on the bars and 10th on the floor in the P1 argo (04 plus) division.

peting in the Track Attack and Jack Rabbits, won the U8 girls’ one-kilometre races Saturday and Sunday, Rittamer won the U14 boys’ 3.75km skate race and the classic.

Bailey Johnson was the other gold medalist, winning the U14 girls’ 3.75km classic Sunday after finishing third in the skate race.

Claire Espey placed second to Anna Zimmerman Sunday and third Saturday.

Devin Chambers was third in the U18 boys’ 10km classic after taking fifth in the 10km skate race.

In other Track Attack and Jack Rabbits competition Saturday, Tyson Oram was second in the U8 boys’ one-kilometre event and Jessa Oram was fourth in the U10 girls’ 1.2km race.

Nordic club captures 12 medals at Alberta Cup

Buccaneers hosting AGM

EDMONTON — The Red Deer Nordic Club captured 12 medals, including seven gold, at the Alberta Cup No. 5 and 6 during the weekend.

Anna Zimmerman, Reyna Zimmerman and Gavin Rittamer were all double gold medalists.

Anna Zimmerman won the U16 girls’ five-kilometre skate race Saturday and the classic Sunday while Reyna Zimmerman, com-

The Central Alberta Buccaneers of the Alberta Football League will host their annual general meeting Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Red Deer Lodge.

The meeting, in the Gull Lake room, will offer information on player fees, game schedule, team culture and all things pertinent to the Bucs.

Anyone interested in joining the team is encouraged to attend the meeting.

“We’ve done a lot of good things, but at the end of the day we have left some points on the table,” Giordano said. “We’re pretty happy actually after our last game. If we play like that and get those types of chances, we’re pretty sure we’re going to be OK on most nights.”

For the Flames to rise in the standings, they’ll need to get increased production from the likes of Jarome Iginla and Michael Cammalleri, who have yet to score through six games.

“To be honest, I’ve had great chances,” said Iginla.

“I haven’t felt bad in games. I thought I had great chances and could have had a bunch. It’s more magnified when it’s at the beginning of the year and we’re not winning.

“You want to get going as far as you feel good when you do get that first one. When you break a tough streak, they seem to roll. We’ve got to stay positive and keep thinking that the next one’s going to go in.”

The Flames are last in the NHL’s overall standings with four points after six games.

“It doesn’t feel good,” said Cammalleri, who has just two assists this season. “It’s not where you want to be. I’d like nothing more than for us to rally off 10 in a row and see where that puts us.”

The Vipers earned a single point Friday at Three Hills, getting unanswered third-period goals from Nathan Dennis and DeGraaf to gain a 4-4 tie with the Thrashers.

Howe and Klaus also tallied for Red Deer, while Connor Ablett, Parker Schmidt, Luke Scheunert and Jacob Hamel replied for the hosts.

Adrian made 38 saves for the Vipers, who were assessed five of eight minor penalties. Devon Dell blocked 42 shots for Three Hills. ● Alex Haldane notched the lone goal for Ponoka in an 8-1 loss to the host Cochrane Generals Saturday. Falls made saves as the visitors were outshot 56-39. ● Three Hills dropped a 4-3 decision to the visiting Airdrie Thunder Saturday, getting two goals from Ablett and a single from Scheunert in the process.

Dell made 41 saves for the Thrashers, outshot 45-41. ● The Stettler Lightning got goals from Adam Ternes and Tyson Glazier in a 4-2 loss at Airdrie Friday.

The Thunder held a 39-34 edge in shots, with Simon Thieleman making 35 saves for Stettler. The clubs split 18 minor penalties.

NBA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI — LeBron James enjoyed a career-best shooting night to help the Miami Heat keep up their dominance at home.

James scored 31 points on 13-of-14 shooting to lead Miami past Charlotte 99-94 Monday night, giving the Heat their 10th consecutive victory against the Bobcats.

According to STATS, James’ effort tied for the league’s third-best shooting performance with at least that many attempts in the last 18 years. Shaquille O’Neal was 15 for 16 for the Heat against Seattle on Feb. 25, 2006, and Dwight Howard was 14 for 15 for Orlando against Philadelphia on April 14, 2007.

“I didn’t plan it that way, I was just attacking when I could, got into the paint and was able to make some shots,” said James, who made nine shots from 2 feet or closer.

Chris Bosh added 23 points and Dwyane Wade had 20 points and a season-high 12 rebounds for Miami, which has won nine of its last 10 at home. The Heat improved to 19-3 on their home floor.

“I got a lot of my own misses, too. I was missing a lot of chippies, but I was just trying to be aggressive,” said Wade, who tied his career-high with six offensive boards. “When your shots aren’t falling you have to find some way to affect the basketball game and give your team a chance to win.”

Ramon Sessions scored 18 points for Charlotte, which lost its fourth in a row and 12th in the last 14.

Ben Gordon had 16 points as six Bobcats players scored in double digits.

Neither team shot well from on 3-pointers as Miami was 1 for 12 and Charlotte 8 of 25.

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SHROVE TUESDAY Eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday with the congregation of St. Leonard’s Anglican Church on Feb. 12. The meal with pancakes, sausages and beverages runs from 5 to 7 p.m. in the church hall at 4241 44th St. in Red Deer. Cost is $6 per person or $14 per family, with children six and under free. Shrove Tuesday precedes Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent in the runup to Easter. Pancakes grew popular over time since they used up rich foods such as eggs, milk and sugar before Lent’s 40-day fasting began.

POET TO READ Listen to a poet who makes a living ranching at Red Deer College on Monday.

Nora Gould will read from her first book of poetry, ‘I see my love more clearly from a distance’, in the RDC Library North Nook at 7:30 p.m. Gould, who won the 2010 Bliss Carman Poetry Award, ranches with her family in the Consort area and volunteers at the Medicine River Wildlife Centre.

Admission is free and refreshments will be served at the reading, which is supported by the RDC Students’ Association Cultural Activities Trust Fund.

National teen crown next RED DEER TEEN TO COMPETE FOR MISS CANADA

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer teenager has picked up her first beauty crown and now she’s heading to Toronto to vie for Miss Teen Canada.

Madison Fertig, 17, was crowned Miss Teen Red Deer during a provincial pageant in Calgary on Jan. 27.

The top 15 girls were crowned, with each one representing a region.

During that weekend, she learned how to stand, walk and sit like a beauty queen.

They modelled a swimsuit in front of judges.

The judges gave them interview questions as well.

Fertig and the rest of the contestants also presented their platform.

Her platform centred on Canadian Blood Services and the need for blood and stem cell donations.

This topic is dear to her heart because her 25-year-old cousin died of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and a grandmother died of cancer, both last year.

“My (cousin) needed some cell transplants and blood transfusions

all the time and I was never old enough to donate for him,” said Fertig.

“So as soon as I turned 17 and weighed 110 pounds, I rushed over and donated with my family.”

Fertig has two younger sisters and her parents are Candy and Allan.

The Miss Teen Canada pageant will take place in July,. It sponsors Free the Children, an international charity and youth movement founded in 1995 by children’s rights advocate Craig Kielburger.

The whole pageant isn’t so much about beauty anymore as it is about charity work, said Fertig.

Fifteen girls from across the country compete in the pageant that will be televised.

The Grade 12 student at Notre Dame High School has enrolled in the bachelor’s degree program in communications at University of Calgary.

Her eventual aim is to go into law school. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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Madison Fertig, 17, was crowned Miss Teen Red Deer-World during a provincial pageant in Calgary on Jan. 27.

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Accused still seeking lawyer

EARTH DAY SCHOLARSHIPS Applications are now being accepted for the 2013 Toyota Earth Day Scholarship. Twenty $5,000 awards will be given to high school students entering their first year of full-time university studies in fiver Canadian regions, including Western Canada, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. A national winner selected from the 20 regional winners will also be awarded the Toyota Earth Day Scholarship National Award and a Panasonic computer.

The awards are based on involvement in community environmental issues, academic achievement and volunteer and extracurricular activity.

Winners will be selected by regional panels of community, business and environmental leaders. This is the 11th year Toyota Canada and the Toyota Canada Foundation in partnership with Earth Day Canada have sponsored the Toyota Earth Day Scholarship Program. The deadline for applications is Feb. 15. More information is available online at www.earthday.ca/ scholarship/.

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A Public Works snowblower loads Border Paving tandem trucks with snow cleared from 44th St. in Parkvale Monday.

Residential street plowing starts WILL TAKE ABOUT 40 DAYS TO PLOW AND WINDROW 225-PLUS KM OF RESIDENTIAL ROADS

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Starting in Parkvale and Sunnybrook South, city crews are working their way through Red Deer’s residential roads, plowing snow.

As of Monday, crews began work they expect will take about 40 days to plow and windrow the 225-plus km of residential roads.

This winter has had an above-average amount of snowfall of 90 cm, 30 cm more than average at this time of year. Greg Sikora, public works manager, said there has been more snow than the past few winters in Red Deer.

“It is our responsibility to ensure there is access to all residential properties, not only for emergency services, but also waste management and local traffic,” said Sikora in a new release.

“Given the samount of snow we’ve already received and the snow we can expect to get over the

coming months, plowing will put us in a better position to maintain residential access now and in the spring.”

Windrows will be placed next to homes with odd addresses, with some exceptions this time.

The city warns that this will reduce on-street parking, but that crews will do what they can to not obstruct driveways as a result of plowing.

No parking signs will be posted a minimum of 12 hours in advance of plowing. Residents are advised to pay attention to the times on the signs and make sure their vehicles are not on the street during the restricted parking times, or they will be ticketed and towed.

Parking on or beside a windrow can result in a ticket.

A snow and ice control map showing the six priority levels and their corresponding streets is available on the Public Works Department page at the city’s site, www.reddeer.ca.

The man accused of causing a fatal collision in Red Deer on Canada Day 2010 has had his trial date adjourned indefinitely.

Anouluck “Jeffrey” Chanminraj, 13, was killed and his brother and sister, Jamie and Stephanie, 18 and 20, were both injured in a two-vehicle collision while heading to Bower Ponds to watch the fireworks.

Rodney Ross Arens, 35, is accused of impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and other charges in connection with the crash.

Arens had an eightweek trial with judge and jury in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench, scheduled to start on March 25.

However, it was deemed in court on Monday that the trial could not go ahead as scheduled because Arens needs more time to find a new lawyer.

Originally represented by Red Deer lawyer Will Willms, Arens advised Justice Monica Bast in Court of Queen’s Bench that he has not yet found another lawyer who is able to commit the time needed to run the trial as scheduled.

Bast gave him one more month to find new counsel.

Arens is to return on March 4 to set a new date for his trial.

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Lawsuit launched over alleged pit bull attack

BY LAURA TESTER ADVOCATE STAFF The victim of a pit bull attack last August has filed a lawsuit against the Town of Sundre and two dog owners.

Deanna Wolfe, 26, of Calgary is suing Rita Phillip, Christoforos Zergiotis and the municipality in connection with the Aug. 18 attack in Sundre.

The statement of claim says that Phillip, 57, was the owner of a male pit bull named Cody (Pit bull No. 1) and was living in Sun-

dre Mobile Estates Park. Zergiotis is listed as living in Calgary and was an owner of a male pit bull named Sunny (Pit bull No. 2).

Wolfe’s legal advisor, Maria Grain, said from the Calgary law office of Docken Klym on Monday that they have not received any response from the defendants. Grain said they have been contacted by the town’s insurers.

The statement of claim alleges that Wolfe entered Phillip’s home at the invitation of Phillip and then at some point, Phillip commanded Pit bull No. 1 and Pit bull No. 2 to attack Wolfe.

It’s alleged that after the attack, Phillip left Wolfe at the scene to gamble at a nearby casino.

It’s further alleged that when Phillip left her home, Wolfe was near death. Phillip allegedly left without assisting Wolfe or calling for help.

None of the allegations have been proven in court.

In 2011, both pit bulls were deemed dangerous by the Town of Sundre, the claim alleges.

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BRIEFS Hearing into killing set for 2014 A preliminary hearing will be held early next year for a Saddle Lake man charged with killing a youth at Ma-MeO Beach last summer.

Perry Johnson, 17, was found suffering life-threatening injuries by Hobbema RCMP who responding to complaints of a fight at the Pigeon Lake Reserve on Aug. 30.

Johnson died the next day.

Chris Norbert, 22, was arrested early in September and charged with second-degree murder.

He has pleaded not guilty and asked for a preliminary hearing, scheduled for Jan. 26-31, 2014, in Wetaskiwin.

Annual Winter Walk

Free Family Day ice fishing Albertans can reel in a fun weekend with free ice fishing from Feb. 16 to 18.

All Family Day long weekend, Albertans and visitors can fish without a licence in any public water body that has an open fishing session. National parks are not included.

Although people can fish without a licence, Alberta sport fishing regulations still apply. The Alberta Guide to Sportfishing regulations can be picked up at any Fish and Wildlife office or wherever licences are sold.

As well, fishers can bring their camera and post their best fishing photos on the Angling in Alberta Facebook page, for a chance to win weekly prizes.

While free fishing weekends are offered twice a year, Family Day weekend and National Fishing Week in the summer, people interested in fishing year round can purchase a Wildlife Identification Number card and an Alberta sport fishing licence by completing the online application at albertarelm.com.

Parks reservations for Victoria Day weekend For those who can’t wait for summer to get started, reservations can be made for the Victory Day long weekend later this month.

Starting on Feb. 19, reservations can be made online at www.reserve.albertaparks.ca or by calling 1-877-537-2757.

“Albertans and visitors love to explore our beautiful provincial parks,” said Christine Cusanelli, minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation, in a news release.

“Our campsite reservation service is a convenient way to plan a trip — either to a favourite campground or one discovered by browsing online.”

The reservation service allows campers to book individual sites up to 90 days in advance.

There are also 147 provincial group camping areas with reservations available starting on Feb. 11 and bookings can be made for the entire summer.

Any cancellation or changes to an

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Vintage cars and trucks are part of the 100-vehicle collection valued at roughly $2.5 million that was donated

by Calgary-area businessman Jack Anderson last year, to Olds College. The cars are housed in Airdrie and will be moved to Olds College later this year for a public auction in June. The donation by the 85-year-old is the largest individual gift in Olds College’s 99-year history. Anderson was also the previous record holder when he gave $1 million in cash to the college in 2007. A college official said Anderson wanted to help with the college’s 2013 centennial plans by giving 100 cars and trucks for the college’s 100 years. The collection boasts vintage models such as a Corvair, Thunderbirds, the Hupmobile, Model A Ford and the Kaiser. Other classics include Jaguars, Corvettes and Rolls-Royces. The college will auction the cars and trucks on site, and Internet-enabled, later this year. Anderson made a career in industries where Olds graduates go to work, including the agriculture, construction and the oil and gas industries, which is likely why he continues to donate. individual or group camping reservation must be made at least 72 hours in advance.

A list of all campgrounds is available at www.albertaparks.ca.

Long weekend activities Get active with the family this February long weekend as provincial parks across the province offer exciting activities.

Crimson Lake Provincial Park, 20 km northwest of Rocky Mountain House, offers snowshoeing, snow golfing, winter shelter building, winter geocaching, and snow sculpture carving and painting.

After the activities in the cold, people can warm up with s’mores, hotdogs and hot chocolate around a campfire.

These activities run at the park on Feb. 18, Family Day, from noon to 3 p.m.

For more information, call 403-8458309.

Other parks where activities are offered in Alberta include Cypress Hills, near Medicine Hat; Miquelon Lake, near Camrose; Moonshine Lake, near Spirit River; Sir Winston Churchill, near Lac La Biche; and William A. Switzer, near Hinton.

Fleeing prisoner recaptured An accused man’s bid for freedom on Monday was short-lived but left a Red Deer sheriff nursing a sore leg.

Dustin Aaron Clark, in custody since his arrest last September in connection with robberies at branches of the Servus Credit Union and TD Canada Trust, was brought into Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench for arraignment on Monday morning.

Clark was about to settle into his seat in the prisoner’s box when he suddenly bolted, running past the table where Crown prosecutor John Lee was seated and out through the doors of the second-floor courtroom.

The sheriff who was standing guard ran after the fleeing suspect, but tripped and fell as he was calling for backup, smashing his leg against the wooden partition between the public gallery and the bar.

He was able to get up and continue the pursuit, chasing Clark down the stairs toward the front doors of the building.

Clark was nabbed at the front counter by sheriffs on duty at the Red Deer Courthouse entry and taken back into custody. He was not returned to the courtroom.

Clark, 35, is awaiting trial in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on charges arising from two bank robber-

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LAWSUIT: Damages sought The claim says that Zergiotis and Phillip failed to comply with bylaws related to dogs and vicious dog, as well as a number of other rules such as failing to post proper signs warning of vicious dogs.

The town is alleged to have failed to ensure proper signs as stipulated by bylaws, failed to monitor the pit bulls once they were deemed dangerous, failed to destroy the pit bulls, failed to follow up with prior complaints regarding the pit bulls, and any other particulars of negligence that may be proven at the trial.

As a result of the attack, the lawsuit says Wolfe suffered a number of injuries, including loss of an ear; soft tissue and nerve damage resulting in the potential loss of use of both arms; knee disability; and various pain, discomfort and reduced range of motion concerning neck, shoulder, mid back and lower back.

General damages being sought are in the amount of $300,000.

The pit bull named Cody was shot and killed by an RCMP officer at the scene. Another pit bull was brought to a Sundre veterinarian by a town peace officer on Oct. 9 and put down.

Grain said the lawsuit is still in its early stages.

“Our client still requires extensive, ongoing therapy,” said Grain.

Dean Pickering, Sundre’s chief administrative officer, said as long as the town is following its bylaws and procedures and the bylaw officer is doing his

ies in Red Deer last year. The charges include armed robbery, assault with a weapon (bear spray), wearing a disguise to commit a criminal offence, theft under $5,000 for a pair of prescription glasses and mischief in relation to a broken windscreen.

His trial is set for three days, starting on March 20.

Sirens for Life campaign may save up to 500 lives As many as 500 lives could be saved because of a donation drive.

The 2013 Sirens for Life campaign wrapped up on Thursday and 167 units of blood were donated, which Canadian Blood Services can use to save up to 501 lives.

The City of Red Deer Emergency Services and the Red Deer RCMP contributed a total of 80 staff blood donations throughout January.

Residents topped the Emergency Services workers and RCMP with 87 blood donations in January.

Even though the RCMP, Emergency Services and residents combined for 167 donations, there is still a need for blood. Canadian Blood Services would like Red Deer residents to continue donating blood for patients in need.

To donate, call 1-888-236-6283 or visit www.blood.ca to make a donation appointment.

The Red Deer blood donor clinic is located in Bay 5 at 5020 68th St.

Assessment appeal deadline approaching Red Deer residents are reminded that the appeal deadline for their assessments is approaching.

Property assessment notices were mailed out on Jan. 17.

Property taxes are calculated using the assessed value.

If you believe there is an error on your property assessment notice, there are two steps you can take to address the issue.

First contact the city’s assessment office, at 403-342-8126, and arrange to speak with an assessor.

Office hours are from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and scheduled meetings will be honoured before walk-ins.

If the discussion does not resolve a property owner’s concern, they can submit a formal appeal, along with the appropriate form and filing fee, which is on the property assessment notice, to the clerk of the regional assessment review board.

An appeal must be submitted by

job, then that’s “what our job is to do.”

“If they can prove the town was negligent in any way, then the town could be liable for compensation at some point,” said Pickering. “But as long as the town was doing due diligence and the bylaw officer was doing his job — the court has to make that decision essentially.”

A Calgary court earlier ruled that the two owners

March 18.

Those who want to file an appeal are encouraged to do so early to ensure there is sufficient time for processing and review of the appeal.

Appeals will be reviewed in the order received.

If you have not received a property assessment notice by Jan. 31, contact the City of Red Deer assessment office.

Man jailed, charges laid after traffic stop One of two people arrested on criminal charges after a traffic stop was sentenced in Red Deer provincial court on Monday.

Logan Mitchell, 18, of Penhold and Tracey Lynn Mountain, 30, of Kehewin were pulled over by an RCMP officer on patrol in north Red Deer at about 4 a.m. on Jan. 22.

Police allege that a subsequent search of the vehicle and its occupants uncovered cocaine, bear spray and various other weapons, including a firearm.

Mitchell pleaded guilty to resisting or obstructing a police officer and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.

Charges of possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, carrying a concealed weapon and having a weapon in a motor vehicle were withdrawn.

Mountain is facing the same weapons charges, as well as a charge of possession of cocaine and failure to comply with conditions of her release on previous charges.

She is to return to court on Feb. 15 to enter a plea.

Trial date set in collision A trial date has been set for a Calgary man arrested near Innisfail in connection with a fatal crash near Beiseker.

Lloyd Louis Gerard, 40, was arrested by members of the Innisfail Integrated Traffic Unit on Oct. 27 and charged with breaching bail conditions.

Gerard was charged previously with dangerous driving causing death and leaving the scene of a fatal collision in connection with a crash near Beiseker in June. A 51-year-old Beiseker woman was killed in the crash.

Gerard pleaded guilty on Nov. 15 to breaching conditions of his release and was ordered to serve seven days in jail and pay a $50 victims of crime surcharge.

He will goes to trial in Airdrie provincial court next Jan. 13 on the original charges.

of the pit bulls never be allowed to own or possess another dog again in Sundre.

Phillip is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in Didsbury court on Wednesday on aggravated assault charges laid by RCMP in relation to the incident. ltester@reddeeradvocate.com

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With this week’s warming temperatures, people across the province are asked to participate in the annual Winter Walk Day. On Wednesday, Albertans can see how easy it is to maintain a healthy, active lifestyle by simply walking. People can register individually or as part of a group to participate in Winter Walk Day by visiting www.winterwalkday. com.

“This event proves weather should not be a barrier to active living,” said Christine Cusanelli, minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation in a news release.

“Albertans are tough and Winter Walk Day is a great way to promote authentic improvement in healthy and active lifestyles.”

This year’s goal is to have 140,000 Albertans walk a minimum of 15 minutes outdoors. If that many Albertans participate, it will combine for a total of 2.1 million minutes of walking.

According to a government press release, studies have shown that accumulating even small amounts of exercise throughout the day can have a positive effect on overall health.

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Harley Richards, Business Editor, 403-314-4337 E-mail editorial@reddeeradvocate.com

Home sales start strongly Red Deer’s home resale market enjoyed a fast start to 2013, with 99 Multiple Listing Service sales recorded during the first month of the year.

That was 15 per cent ahead of the tally for the same period in 2012, when there were 86 sales.

It was also 19 per cent higher than the figure for December 2012, which had 83 residential sales.

The January statistics, which were issued by the Central Alberta Realtors Association on Monday, also revealed that there were 114 home sales in the surrounding region covered by the association.

That marked a 10 per cent slide from the

MLS SALES 127 sales a year earlier. But it represented a 44 per cent rebound from the 79 sales in January 2012.

The average home selling price in Red Deer last month was $317,919.

That was 5.5 per cent higher that the average of $301,272 in January 2012, and a 12.2 per cent improvement over the $283,381 a year earlier.

Outside Red Deer, the January average was $242,735 — a 5.6 per cent decline from $257,221 for the same month last year, and

7.3 per cent lower than the $261,894 average in December.

The Central Alberta Realtors Association has cautioned against relying on average prices as an indicator of market trends, because they include homes of all types and from a variety of neighbourhoods.

The association processed 486 new listings in January, with 198 in Red Deer and 288 outside the city.

That compared with 564 for the same month in 2012, when there were 197 in Red Deer and 367 in the outlying region.

In December there were 211 new listings: 84 in Red Deer and 127 outside.

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Olympic city Sochi to host 2014 summit MOSCOW — The Kremlin says next year’s summit of the leading industrial nations will take place in Sochi, the city on the Black Sea where Russia is preparing to host the 2014 Winter Games.

Russia holds the rotating presidency of the Group of Eight in 2014 and thus has the right to choose where the leaders of the world’s major industrialized countries will meet. The United States, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and Japan are members of the Group of Eight. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on Monday designating Sochi as the site of the summit and naming his chief of staff, Sergei Ivanov, to head the organizing committee.

The only other G-8 summit to be held in Russia was in St. Petersburg in 2006.

CPR hires CN operations chief Canadian Pacific has hired a senior executive away from rival Canadian National Railway to be its second-in-command and a likely successor to CEO Hunter Harrison, who came out of retirement last year to reform the underperforming CP. Keith Creel will become president and chief operating officer starting on Tuesday. He had been an executive vice-president and the COO at Montreal-based Canadian National since 2010. He was also previously at Burlington Northern Sante Fe, another of North America’s toptier railways.

Harrison is widely credited with transforming Canadian National into what has become regarded as the most efficient of North America’s big six railways. He was hired as CP’s CEO last summer following a bruising proxy fight led by activist investor Bill Ackman’s hedge fund, Pershing Square Capital Management.

— The Canadian Press and The Associated Press

File photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins introduces the BlackBerry Z10, in New York. When Heins took the stage in New York and unveiled the devices likely to make or break the rebranded company he stressed it wasn’t the final act of a last-ditch effort to save the smartphone pioneer, but rather “just the starting line.”

BlackBerry sales impress NEW SMARTPHONE OFF TO BETTER START THAN PREDICTED

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS The launch of the new BlackBerry smartphone is getting off to a better start than some had predicted.

At least two analysts have weighed in with anecdotal evidence which suggests the BlackBerry Z10 is selling at solid pace in the United Kingdom since going on sale there last Thursday.

The Canadian launch today will give further insight into how the phones will fare in the U.S. when they hit stores next month.

But so far investors appear to be impressed.

The BlackBerry company’s shares (TSX:BB) rose more than 15 per cent on Monday, moving ahead $1.98 to close at $14.99 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Earlier in the day, a senior analyst at Bernstein Research upgraded the company to “outperform” with a target price of $22,

an increase from $12.

“We have grown more confident in the likely success of the Blackberry 10 launch, supported by low channel inventories, strong operator support and material pent up demand,” said Pierre Ferragu from Bernstein in a note.

“Initial feedback we have received from distributors on the first days of sales is particularly positive.”

Last week, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek said the new touchscreen device sales were off to a “strong start” in the UK. “Some stores had lineups out front with widespread sell outs of the white Z10 and limited stock of the black Z10,” he said in a note.

“Also, our checks indicate that pre-orders in the UAE and Canada have had a solid start. While this is not the crux of our call, these initial data points could provide some relief as many thought that the Z10 was DOA.” While some have assumed the

brunt of the new phone’s sales would come from longtime BlackBerry owners who were waiting for a new device, CIBC analyst Todd Coupland said his research has found that plenty of users are converts.

Coupland estimates that 50 per cent of the Canadian preorders come from people who don’t currently own BlackBerrys.

“This was a surprise and a datapoint that will be watched closely in other regions,” he said in a note.

The BlackBerry company, formerly known as Research In Motion, has been riding a wave of positive reviews for its new touchscreen phone, which is rolling out in various countries over the next month.

A keypad version is expected to launch in April.

Despite the positive early buzz, official sales numbers likely won’t be available for at least several more weeks or longer.

Central Alberta employers have until Feb. 14 to apply for a $5,000 tuition credit from Red Deer College.

The credit, which is sponsored by Red Deer Bottling, can be used for customized training or existing courses at the college.

Businesses from the region with 25 or fewer employees, and which have not been awarded the credit previously, are eligible.

“Whether the training takes place online, at the applicant’s worksite or here at our downtown campus, we hope employers will seize this opportunity and apply,” said Darcy Mykytyshyn, dean of RDC’s Donald School of Business.

Past recipients have demonstrated excellence in customer service, innovation in business process or product development, outstanding marketing and community leadership, said a release issued by the college.

Businesses applying must submit a 500-word description of how they pursue innovation, excellence and entrepreneurship.

Additional information about the award and the application process can be obtained online at rdc. ab.ca/dsb or by calling the Student Funding and Awards Office at 403-314-2443 or the Donald School of Business at 403-342-3555.

Farmers facing new threat to crops FUSARIUM GRAMINEARUM SHOWING UP IN CENTRAL ALBERTA

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Despite being present in North America for more than a century, fusarium head blight hasn’t been a concern for most Central Alberta farmers.

That could change.

The disease, which affects small-grain cereals and corn, has been showing up in an increasing number of samples from this region, said Holly Gelech, manager of business development with BioVision Seed Labs of Edmonton.

“In 20 years it was extremely rare to find fusarium graminearum in Central Alberta,” she said, referring to the fungal pathogen that causes fusarium head blight.

“Now we are finding it and it is showing up in a number of samples.”

Kevin Zaychuk, business development manager with Nisku-based 20/20 Seed Labs Inc., added that the infection rate appeared to jump in 2012 .

“Definitely, we have a bit of a spike from last year.”

The stakes could be high for farmers.

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A head of barley that’s been infected with fusarium head blight.

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development has assessed the potential cost of the disease to Alberta producers at $3 million to $49 million a year, based on comparable crop districts in Manitoba — where fusarium head blight is well-established.

It’s anticipated that Central Alberta would be among the hardest-hit areas.

Kelly Turkington, a Lacombe-based research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, said cumulative losses since a severe outbreak in Manitoba 20 years ago have been significant.

“If you were to look at the situation in Manitoba, or the situation in the States, they’re not talking millions of dollars

of loss since the watershed year of ’93, they’re talking billions of dollars in loss.

“It is one of the main cereal disease issues that has affected small grain cereals in the last 20 years.”

What makes fusarium head blight so costly is the fact it reduces both the yield and the grade of the wheat, barley, oats and corn in infects, and also produces fungal toxins.

“Those have implications for both animal and human health,” said Turkington of those mycotoxins. “So that’s an added dimension to the head blight problem.”

Control can be difficult, he added.

“There’s no magic bullet, unfortunately.

“It’s a disease that’s very difficult to manage once it becomes established in an area.”

Luckily, most of Alberta is not at that point.

“The infection levels are quite low,” said Gelech, noting that only one or two seeds out of 200 were infected in the positive tests from Central Alberta.

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Monday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 112.90 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 83.54 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.34 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.95 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.10 Cdn. National Railway . . 95.15 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 113.54 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 74.59

Capital Power Corp . . . . 22.96 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.00 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 32.13 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 44.54 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 25.58 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34.47 General Motors Co. . . . . 27.96 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 19.93 Research in Motion. . . . . 14.99

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market closed lower Monday as another round of worry centred on the eurozone encouraged investors to take some profits from last month’s strong gains.

The S&P/TSX composite index fell 51.2 points to 12,717.62 while the TSX Venture Exchange was 12.16 points lower at 1,216.5.

The Canadian dollar lost 0.13 of a cent to 100.14 cents US. Losses were even steeper in New York as U.S. indexes retreated from five-year highs amid data showing durable goods orders for December coming in below expectations.

The Dow Jones industrials was down 129.71 points at 13,880.08, the Nasdaq composite index fell 47.93 points to 3,131.17 and the S&P 500 index declined 17.46 points to 1,495.71.

Factory orders increased 1.8 per cent from November, lower than the 2.5 per cent reading that economists had expected.

And November factory orders were revised down to show a 0.3 per cent decline.

Meanwhile, investors were looking to Europe, where Spain is generating concern as the government is increasingly embroiled in a corruption scandal.

Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is denying allegations that he and his party received secret cash payments from businesses. The developments sent Spanish yields higher on two- and 10-year bonds by 20 basis points. One basis point is 1/100th of a percentage point.

And in Italy, the upcoming election is proving to be a closer race than many people had thought. There are worries that the next government might dilute the financial reforms put in place by the administration of Mario Monti.

Stocks had finished positive Friday in the wake of a solid U.S. employment report for January and other data showing the manufacturing sector expanding faster than thought, pushing the Dow industrials past 14,000 for the first time in over five years.

But that gain followed a strong January which saw the TSX advance a respectable two per cent while the Dow industrials surged six per cent.

Analysts observed that a pullback after a boost of that size is not surprising.

“Everything is basically setting up for some sort of a correction, or pullback in the month of February,” said Sid Mokhtari, market technician at CIBC World Markets.

“We do have some headwinds here and there which will give the markets some reason to pause given the magnitude of the advances we’ve

had. We are in territories when you can envision a very overbought condition.”

Commodity prices had been uniformly lower earlier in the morning amid a strengthening U.S. dollar. But by mid-afternoon, prices were off the worst levels.

The base metals component led decliners, down 1.28 per cent as March copper on the New York Mercantile Exchange was two cents lower at US$3.77 a pound. Teck Resources (TSX:TCK.B) dropped 49 cents to C$36.51.

Turquoise Hill Resources (TSX:TRQ) slipped 10 cents to $7.57 after Mongolia’s president said his country should have more control of the Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project. Mining giant Rio Tinto has a 66 per cent stake in Oyu Tolgoi through its 51 per cent interest in Vancouverbased Turquoise Hill, formerly known as Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. The development is the world’s biggest copper mine under construction. Mongolia has a 34 per cent stake in the project.

The energy sector fell 0.53 per cent as the March crude contract lost $1.60 to US$96.17 a barrel. Cenovus Energy (TSX:CVE) gave back 51 cents to C$33.20.

Blue chips were also a drag on the TSX with the financials sector down 0.6 per cent. TD Bank (TSX:TD) dropped 62 cents to $82.96.

The information technology sector was the leading advancer with shares in BlackBerry (TSX:BB) (Nasdaq:BBRY) up $1.98 or 15.22 per cent to $14.99 after Bernstein Research upgraded the stock to outperform and raised the share price target to US$22 from $12. The stock has been volatile in the wake of the launch of the new BlackBerry 10 product lineup. Part of the issue was profit-taking following a huge run-up on anticipation about the new product. But availability has become an issue as U.S. customers won’t be able to get the BlackBerry Z10 until March, a month later than in Canada.

The company’s share symbol changed Monday. However, the legal name of the company is not changing from Research In Motion until shareholders vote for the official change to BlackBerry at the annual general meeting later this year, but the company has already started doing business as BlackBerry.

The gold sector was ahead about 0.2 per cent as April bullion gained $5.80 to US$1,676.40 an ounce.

Goldcorp Inc. (TSX:G) gained 36 cents to C$35.88.

Elsewhere on the corporate front, Canadian Pacific (TSX:CP) has hired away a top executive from Canadian National Railway. Keith Creel is coming on board to be CP’s new president and chief operating officer. Creel had previously been an executive

Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.10 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 45.39 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 40.70 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 66.87 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 16.31 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 47.97 Consumer Brick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.28 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 69.44 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.05 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 40.19 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 12.66 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.12 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 41.27 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 49.87 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.63 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 21.83 vice-president and the COO at CN (TSX:CN). He will be the second-incommand to CEO Hunter Harrison, who was previously chief executive at CN. CP stock declined $2.24 to $113.54.

MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Monday: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,717.62 down 51.20 points TSX Venture Exchange — 1,216.50 down 12.16 points TSX 60 — 729.99 down 2.52 points Dow — 13,880.08 down 129.71 points S&P 500 — 1,495.71 down 17.46 points Nasdaq — 3,131.17 down 47.93 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 100.14 cents US, down 0.13 of a cent Pound — C$1.5738, up 0.79 of a cent Euro — C$1.3493, down 1.26 cents Euro — US$1.3512, down 1.44 cents Oil futures: US$96.17, down $1.60 (March contract) Gold futures: $1,676.40 oz., up $5.80 (April contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $33.099 per oz., down 2.7 cents $1,064.13 kg., down 87 cents TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 1,216.50, down 12.16 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 186.47 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: March ’13 $8.60 higher $633.10; May ’13 $7.60 higher $621.60; July ’13 $7.00 higher $611.30; Nov. ’13 $4.10 higher $565.50; Jan. ’14 $2.20 higher $564.50; March ’14 $2.20 higher $563.20; May ’14 $2.20 higher $561.10; July ’14 $2.20 higher $559.20; Nov. ’14 unchanged $548.00; Jan ’15 unchanged $548.00; March unchanged $548.00.

Barley (Western): March ’13 unchanged $241.50; May ’13 unchanged $242.50; July ’13 unchanged $243.00; Oct. ’13 unchanged $243.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $243.00; March ’14 unchanged $243.00; May ’14 unchanged $243.00; July ’14 unchanged $243.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $243.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $243.00; March ’15 unchanged $243.00.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 453,680 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 453,680.

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 32.31 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.75 First Quantum Minerals . 20.37 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 35.88 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . 11.22 Inmet Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . 70.72 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 8.23 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 42.35 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.89 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 36.51 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 23.43 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 34.40 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 44.37 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.99 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 47.37 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 30.66

Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.69 Canyon Services Group. 10.98 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 33.20 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.700 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 19.05 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 1.98 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 89.15 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 40.86 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.57 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 31.10 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 43.67 IROC Services . . . . . . . . . 2.37 Nexen Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.66 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 4.70 Penn West Energy . . . . . 10.30 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . . 1.33 Precision Drilling Corp . . . 9.06 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 34.16 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.62

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Government ad spending on economy balloons under Conservatives since recession

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — When Prime Minister Stephen Harper says the economy is his top priority, he has the advertising spending to support his claim.

An examination by The Canadian Press reveals ad budgets geared to promoting economic success have ballooned under the Conservatives since the 2008 global downturn.

The latest blitz of “economic action plan” ads, which blanketed the airwaves on Super Bowl Sunday, comes from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada — one of the big advertising budget winners under the Harper government.

Average annual ad spending by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, or HRSDC, was up 72 per cent in the four years following the 2008 recession, compared to the five years that preceded it.

Spending by the Finance Department was up 58 per cent, while advertising by the Canada Revenue Agency almost tripled.

The numbers come from departmental breakdowns of annual advertising expenditures from 2002-03 through 2011-12, which were released last week in response to questions from Mathieu Ravignat, the NDP Treasury Board critic.

Government ad buys are “acceptable in the context of a change to a program or service, but that’s clearly not what’s going on,” Ravignat said in an interview.

He called the increased ad spending “inappropriate” and “not very respectful to taxpayers’ money.”

Whether the ads promote new government programs or services is debatable. The ads have ranged from ongoing skills training to the promotion of

old tax breaks that pre-date the recession.

The common theme is economic prosperity.

“For you, for me, for all of us, the economy is still job one,” Prime Minister Stephen Harper told MPs and senators last week as the TV cameras rolled at the first Conservative caucus of the winter sitting of Parliament.

His spokesman, Andrew MacDougall, said the advertising is “meant to inform Canadians of the opportunities available to them and to make sure that they have the information they need to take advantage of government programs.”

“This advertising has tended to focus on the economy in recent years owing to the impacts of the global recession, but has also included efforts on issues like health (Healthy Canadians, H1N1), veterans and services to newcomers to Canada,” MacDougall added in an email.

Health Canada and National Defence have consistently been among the government’s top advertisers over the years, and their average annual spending on either side of the 2008 recession has remained little changed.

Veterans Affairs ramped up ad spending from virtually nil to $2.5 million in 2009-10, a total it then surpassed in each of the next two years.

While critics such as Ravignat have long complained about partisan advantage in the government’s “economic action plan” campaign, a new poll doesn’t necessarily indicate much partisan gain.

The Harris-Decima telephone survey of just over 1,000 respondents found that seven per cent said the government was doing an excellent job on the economy; another 30 per cent said the government was doing a good job.

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CROPS: Blight may reflect growing conditions “That is considered a very low infection, in comparison to Saskatchewan or Manitoba.”

Zaychuk added that the recent jump in fusarium head blight cases could reflect last year’s growing conditions: heavy precipitation that promoted the fungal disease’s growth and high winds that hastened its spread.

“We’ve seen years in the past where we’ve had a small spike like this too,” he said.

Prevention is the key, said Turkington, with farmers’ best strategy an “integrated approach.” That includes choosing seed that has a higher tolerance to fusarium graminearum, and having it tested and treated with fungicide.

Crop rotations should leave at least two years between susceptible plant

species, he added, and producers are wise to remain aware of the fusarium head blight risk in their area.

The disease spreads via airborne spores, as well as on plant residue from affected crops, said Turkington.

Since becoming a significant problem in Manitoba two decades ago, it’s gained a good foothold in Saskatchewan and even Southern Alberta.

“Eventually, we’re going to be picking up more and more trace levels of the organism in the eastern parts of Alberta and probably outside of Southern Alberta.”

BioVision already has evidence of this.

“We are seeing a higher incidence coming in from the east side of the province,” said Gelech. “So the pathogen is generally moving in from Saskatchewan.”

There’s no need to panic, said Turkington. A high level of fusarium head blight in Central Alberta would likely occur only if farmers were lax in their seed selection and rotation practices, and the weather was favourable for the disease over several growing seasons.

“You’re not all of a sudden going to have a Manitoba-style epidemic on your hands.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — The National Energy Board has granted an export licence to LNG Canada Development Inc., a liquefied natural gas terminal proposed

by Shell Canada Ltd. and three Asian partners in Kitimat, B.C. Over a 25-year period, LNG Canada is allowed to export 670 million tonnes of natural gas, which will have been chilled into a liquid state, enabling it to be transported around the world via tanker.

Annually, LNG Canada will be able to export 24 million tonnes of gas.

The federal energy regulator says it’s satisfied that the amount of gas to be exported doesn’t exceed what will be needed within Canada.

The LNG Canada partnership includes Shell, South Korea’s Kogas, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corp. and China’s PetroChina Company Ltd. They have picked Calgary-based TransCanada Corp. (TSX:TRP) to build a 700-kilometre pipeline connecting prolific shale gas fields in northeastern B.C. to the port of Kitimat.

There are several projects in the works planned for both Kitimat and Prince Rupert, B.C., to export natural gas to lucrative Asian markets.

The North American price of natural gas has been depressed in recent years, as advances in drilling techniques unlock huge supplies from shale formations across the continent, leading to a supply glut.

Companies hope by connecting that fuel to higher-demand Asian markets, their product will fetch a much better price.

Last week, pipeline firm AltaGas Ltd. (TSX:ALA) and a Japanese company formed a partnership to explore shipping liquefied gas to Asia.

Malaysia’s Petronas, which recently acquired Progress Energy Corp. for $6 billion, is planning to build an LNG facility near Prince Rupert capable of processing 12 million tonnes of gas per year.

U.S. energy giants Chevron Corp. and Apache Corp. are jointly developing another LNG terminal in Kitimat B.C. Chevron got involved in that project only recently after it bought out the stakes of Encana Corp. and EOG Resources.

That plan envisions processing 10 million tonnes of gas per year.

Another proposal called BC LNG, owned by the Haisla First Nation and Houston-based LNG Partners, expects its first shipment in 2014.

Mining firm denies ignoring Canadian applicants

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — The company under fire for hiring temporary foreign workers for a northern B.C. coal mine is dismissing allegations that it ignored the resumes of several Canadian applicants who were qualified to do the job.

HD Mining issued a statement Monday saying documents filed in Federal Court last week by two unions challenging its hiring of about 200 temporary foreign workers for the Murray River coal project near Tumbler Ridge, B.C. are “not accurate.”

In their submissions, the unions pointed to the resumes

of workers who didn’t get an interview despite having decades of experience.

“The information released so far is only the unions’ position,” said HD Mining in an email to The Canadian Press, noting the company will be challenging the unions’ submission.

Within hours of the company’s statement, a resident of Sudbury, Ont., who said he has worked in the mining industry since the 1970s, said in an interview he didn’t even receive a phone call after applying numerous times to HD Mining since 2011.

“We have lots of underground experience in Canada.

Lots,” said Donald Donaldson.

“I find it very frustrating, that, you know, no Canadians were even given the opportunity, yet we had to resort to going and bringing in foreign country (workers) which we know don’t have a good safety record.”

A judicial review of Ottawa’s decision to issue the temporary foreign-worker permits has been tentatively set to be heard in April, while the case has also prompted a federal review of the temporary foreign worker program.

The company said it and the federal government will respond to the allegations made by the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 115, and the Construction and

Specialized Workers Union in Federal Court by Feb. 15.

HD Mining also reiterated its argument that no other mine in Canada is currently using the methods it plans to employ at Murray River.

HD Mining plans to use a technique called long-wall mining, in which coal is extracted along a wall in large blocks and then carried out on a conveyor belt.

“HD Mining will be using technology that will open up other opportunities and jobs for Canadians and is working on developing a training program with Northern Lights College,” the company statement said.

The company said it needs

the temporary foreign workers to complete a bulk-sample phase of the project, which will determine the mine’s viability, but if they can’t be used, there will likely be “no work for Canadians” on the aboveground jobs.

The company announced recently it was sending 16 temporary workers who had already started work on the prospective project back to China because the firm was concerned about the ongoing litigation and associated costs.

HD Mining also said it had decided not to bring any more workers to Canada until it had “reliable certainty” on the project.

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Beyonce didn’t knock out power SUPER BOWL PERFORMANCE WASN’T TO BLAME FOR DARKENING THE SUPERDOME

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Don’t blame Beyonce for blowing the lights out at the Super Bowl.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said on Monday that the halftime show was not the cause of the power outage that darkened the Superdome for half an hour during Sunday’s broadcast.

“There’s no indication at all that this was caused by the halftime show.

Absolutely not.

“I know that’s been out there that this halftime show had something to do with it. That is not the case,” Goodell said.

Beyonce was the halftime performer at Sunday night’s game and used plenty of power to light up the stage.

Some had joked that her electrifying performance was to blame for the outage.

But the halftime show was running on its own generator, said Goodell and Doug Thornton, a vice-president of SMG, the company that manages the Superdome.

“It was not on our power grid at all,”

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Beyonce, centre, Kelly Rowland, left, and Michelle Williams, of Destiny’s Child, perform during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game, Sunday, in New Orleans.

Thornton said, adding that the metered power consumption went down during

halftime because the house lights were down.

Beyonce’s 13-minute set included hits Crazy in Love, Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) and a Destiny’s Child reunion.

The energetic performance was sung live days after she admitted she sang to a pre-recorded track at President Barack Obama’s inauguration.

And it won applause from critics who called it a major improvement over Madonna, who sang to a backing track last year, and the Black Eyed Peas’ much-criticized halftime show in 2011.

Afterward, Beyonce announced The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour will kick off April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia. The European leg of the tour will wrap up May 29 in Stockholm, Sweden.

The tour’s North American stint starts June 28 in Los Angeles and ends Aug. 3 in Brooklyn, N.Y., at the Barclays Center.

It was also announced Monday that a second wave of the tour is planned for Latin America, Australia and Asia later this year.

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Tegan and Sara bask in first-ever Grammy nomination CALGARY-REARED TWINS NOMINATED FOR DVD GET ALONG

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS First-time Grammy Award nominees Tegan and Sara face some tough competition in the long-form music video category this Sunday, but at least one person close to the Calgary twins is confident.

“My mom’s like: ‘I think you’re going to win,”’ laughed Tegan Quin in a recent interview alongside her sister.

“I was like, ‘Mom, we’re up against Mumford & Sons and U2. You’re high.”’

Even if the 32-year-old Quins aren’t confidently clearing space on their mantels, they’re tickled by the recognition.

The duo is up for Get Along, a DVD the five-time Juno nominees released back in November 2011 that features three separate documentaries totalling more than two hours of footage.

Sometimes such exercises in fan

service carry the whiff of a cash-in, but Get Along was different — for one thing, it took about 16 months to compile.

It also provided an uncommonly intimate look at the twins, featuring footage of their trip to India as well as interviews with close friends and, yes, their mother, who has long been the subject of embarrassing anecdotes told by the twins onstage (with an unflattering voice impression to boot).

Perhaps in part because of the amount of work that went into Get Along, the Quins were thrilled to see it recognized. “(It) was a labour of love,” Sara said.

“We spent a lot of time working on it.

So to have it recognized on such a high level, that’s so exciting for us.

“Whether you believe in these systems of grading and competition ... it doesn’t matter. Because your parents love it, your friends think it’s cool.

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Twin sisters Tegan, left, and Sara Quin of the band Tegan and Sara pose together at ELLE magazine’s second annual Women in Music event in Los Angeles. The Calgary-reared twins are back with the new album Heartthrob.

We’re stoked.”

As much as they’re enjoying being “Gramminated” (as Sara put it), the pair won’t be able to attend the ceremony this Sunday at the Staples Center due to press duties overseas, where they’re promoting their latest record,

Heartthrob.

The Quins did, however, offer to send their mother down to California in their place.

“She didn’t want to go,” Tegan said.

“So she didn’t think we were going to win THAT much.”

Stallone’s Bullet to the Head largely misses mark

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Bullet to the Head One and a half stars (out of four) Rated: 18A Bullet to the Head is about as subtle as its title: a pulpy, and mostly rancid, action movie brimming with uninspired brutality and enough faux-noir atmospherics to let you believe, just for a second, that this movie has style.

Bullet, in large part, serves as a time warp to the heyday of the 1980s, when wanton screen violence was mostly devoid of nuance and served one glorious purpose: to light up the screen with scatters of bullets and gore.

And at the centre are two of that decade’s battle-scarred sons: Sylvester Stallone, who plays a New Orleans hit man with a flexible set of morals, and director Walter Hill, whose 48 Hrs. from 1982 remains a genre classic.

Stallone’s hit man, Jimmy Bobo, is a

confusing presence, seemingly beaten down by a life of crime and an empty relationship with his tattoo artist daughter Lisa (Sarah Shahi), but fuelled by an inexplicable blood lust.

This much is clear: Bobo loves shooting people, especially in the forehead, but sometimes in the shoulder and sometimes in the chest.

When his partner (Jon Seda) is stabbed to death at a bar after a hit earlier that night, Bobo embarks on a quest to find the killer (Jason Momoa) and the men who hired him.

From one dead rube to the next, Bobo shoots his way through a nonsen-

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Along the way, a D.C. detective named Taylor Kwon (Sung Kang) arrives to investigate the murder of Bobo’s original hit and the pair become unlikely partners.

It’s a charming relationship, actually, supported by Bobo’s stale, racist one-liners and Kwon’s lame-duck comebacks about old age.

For much of Bullet, one comes to accept, and quite enjoy, Bobo’s seemingly unflappable nihilism.

Unburdened by the trifling morals most of humanity tends to follow, he shoots — and stabs and explodes — and kills with reckless abandon through a disappointingly cliché New Orleans.

But that nihilism unravels over the course of the movie as Hill and writer Alessandro Camon infuse Bobo with com-

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Father-in-law snubs Christmas gifts after footing wedding bill Dear Annie: After two Either way, it serves no months, I am still upset with purposes to stew in silence. my father-in-law. My two Talk to your husband and daughters recently married, then to Dad, together. Try to and the weddings were six be nice. We doubt he intended weeks apart. My in-laws gave to be unkind, and he probably us a nice sum of doesn’t realize that money to help us his behaviour diswith the weddings. turbed you.

We were very Dear Annie: My grateful and told family recently them so. planned a special, Right before the catered, expensive first wedding, my celebration. We husband lost his gave much thought job. In order to finto our guest list. ish paying for the One couple told second wedding, us they wanted we had to ask my their grown chilfather-in-law to dren invited. Then lend us more monthe grown children MITCHELL ey. asked if they could & SUGAR He said, “Sure. bring their chilI want to give the dren. Some guests girls what they simply assumed want.” We didn’t their children tell our kids about were invited and my husband’s job situation be- brought them. cause we wanted them to soak Please tell them again, in all the glory of being brides Annie: If the invitation is adwithout any stress. dressed to “Mr. and Mrs.,” it Here’s what happened: At is only for them. It does not inChristmas, my father-in-law clude children, grandchildren sent small amounts of money or friends. to me, my husband and our What has happened to manson with a note saying, “We ners? I hope this will enlightthought it would be OK to pass en some folks. — Roanoke, Va. on the girls this year.”

Dear Roanoke: Some people The money is such a small believe all invitations are caamount that it didn’t matter, sual and open. They are not. but I cannot get over the fact Guest lists are limited that he took out our financial by space as well as cost. It difficulties on them. The girls would be nice if your letter have no idea why their grand- helps people understand this father didn’t give them holi- so they can be more gracious day gifts, and so far, I haven’t when responding. told them.

Dear Annie: I can relate to I am so mad, I could the letter from “No, I Am Not scream. I have to see my fa- Trying for a Boy,” who had ther-in-law at a family event two girls and was still carrythis weekend and don’t think I ing baby weight. can be civil.

When I was carrying twins, This man showered his a woman I knew only casually daughter’s children with cars asked me whether I was havfor graduation that mine nev- ing a baby elephant. After the er got. I slept on this before girls were born, I overheard writing and am angrier now a friend saying, “It looks like than when I went to bed. At she still has one left in there.” the moment, I don’t want to However, a true friend visever see him again. Please ad- ited me in the hospital after vise. — Washington my fifth girl and said, “How Dear Washington: The fact many people can say they that Dad is unfair in his gift have five beautiful girls?” giving is a legitimate issue, Some people know what to but that doesn’t mean your say and some don’t. That was children are entitled to re- 35 years ago, and all of our ceive gifts from him. You re- girls have been true blessings fer to the wedding money as in our lives. — South Dakota “loans,” but Dad apparently Mom considered them his wedding Annie’s Mailbox is written gifts to his granddaughters. by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy If so, he was generous, and Sugar, longtime editors of the the girls should know. If they Ann Landers column. Please were actual loans and you are email your questions to anniesrepaying the money, we agree mailbox@comcast.net, or write that Dad should have treated to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators your family equally at Christ- Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermas. mosa Beach, CA 90254.

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these are within your limits. Otherwise, you risk of being inundated with too many tasks at once.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Just go with Tuesday, Feb. 5 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS the flow today. Your personal life and DATE: Michael Sheen, 44; Laura Lin- your objectives are in tune with your need for self-expression. A sweet harney, 49; Tom Wilkinson, 65 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: Mercury mony resides in all your relationships. moves into Pisces today. Our minds Any recent struggles between you and will be inclined to think more intui- your significant other should decrease tively and emotionality will prevail now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Your relain our thoughts. Sympathy and care tionships and your career need some for others will arise in us a more compassionate nature. The Moon’s transit balancing right now. Do not overdo or through Sagittarius sets a more adven- try to impress by accomplishing someturous mood to the day. Opportunities thing out of your own reach. Use your will abound through today’s coopera- great verbal skills in order to strengthen the bond between your alliances tive energies.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your and your higher ups.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your intenbirthday, you have great potential to tions are clear and sincere. realize what you want this You want to use them tocoming year. You have a wards achieving your main great sense of direction and objectives. You appear as a you are led by this natural frank individual who wishes flow. Your need to be part the same kind of treatment of a collective or a group of from others. Today you are activities will bring in you a like an open book. more explorative, adventurSCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. ous side. You crave personal 21): A harmonious vibe refreedom and independence sides in your own living within all your actions this space. A Zen-like atmoyear. sphere prevails, which sets ARIES (March 21-April you in a more than comfort19): You want to escape able environment. This is ASTRO your everyday life as roualso a great time to measure DOYNA tine may prove too boring at the value of your assets. this time. You seek to liberSAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22ate yourself more in your Dec. 21): Discipline may subconscious mind. Even not be your strong quality though you are not feeling at your best, do not get discouraged. today. Relationships with women, in special, might prove a bit more chalRetire and get some rest.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You lenging than usual. Avoid being too desearch for personal freedom and de- manding or too trying with your partvelop a strong urge to break free from ner. Diplomacy should smooth over a certain co-dependency. At the same any disparity.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Detime, you are struggling to do what you spite recent financial challenges, tocan in order to regain that independay you feel a personal gratification dence.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Follow knowing that your assets mirror your through the small elements and main- main purpose. It wouldn’t hurt for you tain a sharp mind and you should be to re-evaluate your basic needs and reable to focus on the road ahead. Make calculate your financial situation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Pursusure you do not disregard any details if you want to succeed or you will easily ing a new vision or seeking the truth is exactly what you long for today. get lost in its way.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Do not You are enchanted to know that you accomplish more than you are capable can relate to others on a very posiof. If you are given a number of proj- tive note and that your hopeful needs ects or assignments to execute, ensure are met. You are more than willing

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Facing career obligations can be tiring when you know that household obligations are setting temporary blockages. You

feel that you want to go further in life, but you realize that you need to find the equilibrium between your professional and your personal life first.

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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 403-347-8650 COCAINE ANONYMOUS 403-304-1207 (Pager)

KOWK Alithea Christena 1928 - 2013 It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Alithea “Lee” Kowk of Red Deer, Alberta on Saturday, February 2, 2013 at the age of 84 years. Lee was born in Melville, Saskatchewan to Mary and Louis Kauk on June 17, 1928. She moved with her family to Winnipeg in 1942 and completed her schooling there. In 1950, Lee gave up her job at Eatons to be the homemaker after her mother passed away. In 1956 she moved to Vancouver to start her new life, getting a job at St. Paul’s Hospital and was there for 33 years. After Lee retired she travelled to Arizona on vacation, this is where she met her partner Art Scott. In 1997 she moved from Vancouver to Red Deer where she spent 16 wonderful years with Art. Lee and Art were very involved in shuffleboard in Arizona as well as in Innisfail. Lee also enjoyed knitting and crocheting, she also loved travelling. One of her favorite trips was to Scotland to visit Art’s relatives. Lee will be lovingly remembered by her partner A r t S c o t t o f R e d D e e r, brother Wally (Del) Kauk of Buena Vista, Saskatchewan, sister in-law Gertrude Kauk of Winnipeg, also extended family members; Brian and Helen Scott, James Scott, C a t h y a n d L o r n e B a d r y, Terry and Vicki Scott as well as Gregg and Charlene Kurp.

She is predeceased by her mother and father; Mary and Louis Kauk, step-mother Ann Kauk, brothers; Raymond, George, Stan and Erwin, sister Grace Kullman, brother in-law Paul Kullman, sister in-laws; Shirl Kauk, Adeline Kauk, nephew Richard (Rick) Kauk and extended family member Shirley Scott. A funeral service will be held at Parkland Funeral Home on Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer.

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SHELLY Dorothy (Dolly) 1928-2013 Dorothy (Dolly) Shelly of Red Deer passed away at Michener Hill Extendicare on Friday, February 1, 2013 at the age of 84 years. Service information will be announced in the Wednesday edition.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting: www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

Phone (403) 347-2222

NYSTROM Nels Eaner 1929-2013

WEISHAAR Maxine (nee King) 1931-2013

Nels Nystrom passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 3, 2013 at Red Deer General Hospital surrounded by his loving family after a brief and brave battle with cancer.

Nels was born in Glen Park Alberta on May 4th, 1929 and spent most of his life in central Alberta. Nels married his beloved wife Audrey (Smith) in 1950. He is survived by Audrey, his two daughters Helen (and her husband Doug Swanson) and Verna (and her husband Dickson Wood) and by his sister Verna Nichols. Nels was a kind, patient and caring husband and father and will also be remembered by his grandchildren NanMichelle (Brad), Kyla (Julian), Myles, Kelsey and Jenna and his great grandchildren Kennedy, Caden, Pierce, Eden and Silas all of whom loved him dearly. Nels enjoyed a successful 35 year career with United Grain Growers which took him to many of the small communities in Alberta and ended in a leadership role at the head office in Winnipeg. Nels and Audrey retired in 1990 and settled for several years in Ve r n o n a n d S a l m o n A r m where they always found ways to contribute generously to the Presbyterian Church and the community. They returned to Red Deer in 2011 to be close to their family.

Nels brought laughter and love to every situation and was a remarkable story teller.

Nels always had a project or two on the go. Whether it was refinishing furniture, building cedar chests and kayaks for his grandchildren, helping with renovations or acting as resident lumberjack, Nels created a lasting legacy for his entire family. Nels also bestowed his love of the outdoors on his daughters, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The countless games of cribbage and rummy that the grandkids always seemed to win will be cherished in our memories.

Nels’ family will be holding a private memorial service.

Nels’ many friends and loved ones are invited to a celebration of his life at Sierra Grand Seniors Residence (4805 45th Street, Red Deer) from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 7th, 2013. Donations in Nels’ name may be made directly to the Red Deer Regional Hospital Palliative Care Unit (3942 - 50A Avenue, Red D e e r, A l b e r t a T 4 N 4 E 7 ) .

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to Valeri Watson EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer.

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Human Resources Johnston Ming Manning LLP 3rd Floor, 4943 50th Street Red Deer, AB T4N 1Y1 Fax: (403) 342-9173 Email: hr@jmmlawrd.ca We would like to thank all applicants, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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PHARMACY TECHNICIAN Lidia’s Pharmacy in Lacombe is looking for 2 Pharmacy Technicians.

1-F.T. 9-5:30 pm M-F and 1-P. T. Sat. & Sun. 6 Hrs /day. Immediate position and we offer competitive wages. Please send resume by email to: TAKECAREMEDS@ SHAW.CA

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BARDEN Oilfield Hauling Ltd. is looking for ticketed picker operators, exp’d Texas bed operators and exp’d. Swampers. All applicants must possess all oilfield tickets and positive attitude. Email or fax your resume to: bardentrucking@telus.net 403 341 3968

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BOILER OPERATOR NEEDED FOR PROJECT IN CENTRAL ALBERTA to finish out season.

Must have all tickets, EMAIL: careers@GTChandler.com 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

ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs.

Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

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SUNDRE DENTAL CLINIC Come work with us!

We are looking for an RDA II to come, and join our practice part-time.

Our office is newly renovated, which is located in rural Alberta.

The successful candidate must be great with people and a team player.

Please fax resume to 403-638-3604 or e-mail to sundent2@telus.net or drop off resume.

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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Maxine Lenore Weishaar on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital. Maxine was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan on June 19, 1931. Along with raising her children, Maxine retired after 22 years of being a Computer Analyst for Mobil Oil. Maxine and Vic, loving husband of 55 years, resided in Evansburg, Whitecourt, Drayton Valley, and retired in Red Deer. Maxine was an active member of TOPS, Red Hats, Golden Circle, and Sunnybrook United Church.

She and Vic spent many years travelling as well as spending winters in Arizona.

She loved to read, spend time with family and was an avid fan of curling. Maxine will be deeply missed by her children Dale (Diane) of Red Deer, Blair (Nicole) of Spruce View, and Lori (Greg) Perrin of Red Deer. Also left to mourn is her brother Murray King of Radisson, Saskatchewan, thirteen grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and many other family members and friends. Maxine was predeceased

by Vic, and her parents Ed and Mabel King. Relatives and friends are encouraged to pay their respects, and share their memories with the family on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Eventide Funeral Chapel (4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer) between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm. A celebration of Maxine’s life will be held at Sunnybrook United Church (#12 Stanton Street, Red Deer) on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 1:00 pm. Donations in Maxine’s memory may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation #202, 5913 - 50 Avenue, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 4C4 or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to

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VANSON Neil Gilbert Feb. 10, 1928 - Feb. 2, 2013 N e i l w a s b o r n i n Ta b e r, Alberta and grew up in the Rocky Mountain House and Sylvan Lake areas. In 1949, he started working for Geophysical Service Inc. where he was employed for 33 years. His job took him and his family to many parts of the world including Western Canada, the High Arctic, Alaska, Brazil, Libya, Peru, Greenland and Sable Island.

Neil is survived by his wife of 60 years, Viola, one son Mike and his wife Denise, two grandsons, Christopher and Mitchell, one brother Ron (Mary), one sister-in-law Myrna and 5 nephews. He was predeceased by his oldest son Terry in 1961, his only daughter Neola in 1984, two brothers Jack and Charles, one sister Margaret, one nephew Jim and his parents Noel and Margaret.

In respect of Neil’s wishes, there will be no funeral. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Red Deer Hospice Society 99 A r n o t Av e n u e R e d D e e r, AB. T4R 3S6 Telephone: 309-4344 Fax: 347-4356 admin@reddeerhospice.com or to the Red Deer Ronald McDonald House: McDonald House, 5002-39 Street, Red Deer, AB T4N 2P2 www.rmhcentralalberta.org Phone 403-340-2007 Red Deer Funeral Home and Crematorium are in charge of arrangements.

Johnston Ming Manning LLP has a full time Legal Assistant position available in our real estate department. This position requires someone who displays a team player outlook, effective communication skills, the ability to multi-task, and the ability to work in a fast paced environment. The ideal candidate will have prior experience working in a law firm, and a minimum of 3 - 5 years experience working as a Legal Assistant in residential real estate.

We offer an excellent working environment, a great benefit package, and the opportunity for personal and professional growth.

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OUR LandSolutions’ office in Bentley is accepting resumes for our Int. & Sr. Land Administrator positions. Candidates will have 5 - 10 yrs’ exp., f/t position, Must have Surface Land education. Please submit resumes online at www.landsolutions.ca

Core Laboratories Petroleum Services Division is the world’s most recognized and highly respected rock and fluid analysis laboratory serving the oil and gas industry. We require an individual for field sampling in the Red Deer area. The successful candidate will • be responsible for sampling gas/oil wells and gas plants and be part of a team responsible for devel- • oping and maintaining markets in the Reservoir • Fluids Division.

The individual will possess • excellent interpersonal skills, be self starter and team player and have strong mechanical and • problem solving skills.

A BSc/College graduate or related industry experience • and valid driver’s license is required.

• Interested applicants should forward their resumes to: Core Laboratories Canada Ltd. 2810 12th Street N.E. Calgary, Alberta T2E 7P7 Fax: 403-250-5120 Email: ps.calgary.recruiting@ corelab.com

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THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for P/T bus personne and line cooks.

Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

Graduate of a diploma or certificate program from a post secondary Trades & accredited institution.

A professional desigABB has an immediate nation such as CHSC, opening at one of our CRSP, CIH, CSP, NCSO. Minimum of 8 years ALBERTA locations for an INSTRUMENTATION experience in Canada.

JOURNEYMEN Familiarity with Alberta Workplace Safety, the Our ideal candidate must OH&S Act, regulations be a team player, committed to safety, and have and Codes. experience in Oil & Gas Self motivated team plant construction. player with the ambition H2S Alive and CSTS safety to grow professionally. tickets are mandatory.

Good verbal & written English communications Please forward resumes & queries to 403-357-3736 skills are critical. or fax: 403-347-0422 Experience working for a consulting engineering company will be an asset. ARMOR INC is looking for licensed diesel and suspension mechanic for light GENIVAR is committed duty performance shop. to the principles of Diesel and transmission employment equity. exp. preferred.

Bring resume to: Please apply online: 106 -6439 67 St. RD careers.genivar.com; Phone 403-346-9188 job #27-0412 or emal donavan@armorinc.ca

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LUCKY’S LOUNGE The successful applicant will have a NCSO designa- located in Jackpot Casino, requires Experienced tion and will have: P/T Servers. * Actual hands on oilfield Please apply in person at construction experience.

4950 47 Ave. * Good computer skills.

No phone calls please * Extensive travel is required. * Excellent people skills. * H2S Alive and First Aid. * Certified D&A tester, an asset. * Drivers License, with clean Abstract.

The Tap House Pub & Grill * Must relocate to Hinton. req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume “NO SAFETY COPS at 1927 Gaetz Avenue WANTED” between 2-5 pm.

We want to build a safety culture, NOT enforce one.

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• Must be dependable, reliable.

• Exercise good organizational skills on the shop floor.

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PIPELINE PERSONNEL that work well in a team environment.

Alstar is looking for a Safety Professional to help expand our safety program through projects and auditing.

Minimum requirements include: * CRSP * 5 + years’ experience in Oil & Gas as a Safety Professional * Strong Safety program development - skills & experience * Excellent computer skills * Internal and external auditing experience * Strong interpersonal skills * Attention to detail; must be very organized * Requires little supervision; works well in a team environment

Experience is an asset but we are willing to train.

We are looking for motivated applicants meeting these criteria: - Enjoys challenges - Is dependable and responsible - Communicates well with others - Follows instructions - Is not afraid to ask questions Viking Projects Ltd. offers competitive wages, WHMIS and TDG tickets done in house.

Safety Tickets required:

H2S, CSTS/PST, First Aid, and Ground Disturbance Valid driver’s licence an asset Please reply with resume to:

Email: reception@vikingprojects.ca Fax: 403-782-6856 3412 53rd Ave, Lacombe, AB T4L OB5 Phone: 403-782-2756 Website: www.vikingprojects.ca

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Custom Energized Air Req’s MECHANIC exp’d In air compressors, dryers, Control systems, electrical A/C D/C circuits, 1-3 ph.

Piping, fabrication, & Welding an asset. Email: Del.trynchuk@cea-air.com Fax: 403-348-8765 EXPERIENCED repair person req’d for local truck company. Work involves all aspects of heavy truck and trailer repair and dismanteling. Must be physically fit. HD Mechanic or equivelant experience We offer competitive wages, benefits weekends off. Fax resume to 1-855-784-2330 or call 1-877-787-2501 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.

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Furix Energy Inc. is looking for a F/T Journeyman Instrumentation Technician. Competitive rates & benefit packages. Fax resumes to 403-348-8109 or call Darryl @ 403-396-2104.

No calls after 9 pm.

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Apprentice 1st or 2nd year required for an oilfield service company. We offer competitive wages and benefits. Fax resumes to 403-347-3443 or email to judy.hum@powerstroke.ca

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Qualified applicants must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for.

Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule.

Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@ bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3

SECURITAS CANADA Hiring Immediate FT & Casual

EMR or EMT Security Personnel for Dispatching Position for qualified Security Staff for a Petro-Chemical plant outside of Red Deer.

Minimum Qualification: * Alberta Security License *EMR- ACP certified *Class 4 license *Bondable *Good interpersonal skills *Good communication skills *Computer knowledge, previous emergency experience, previous security experience, client interaction experience an asset WHY SECURITAS: *Extended Health and welfare plan *Above average wages *Fully Paid uniform *All training time paid *Dedicated quality group. *Room to learn and grow.

How to apply: Apply on line at: http://www.securitas. com/ca/enca/Career/ On this web site you can click on “On line Application” and submit it to the Edmonton Branch.

Email: Dillicj@Novachem.com Fax: 403-314-8475 Integrity - Vigilance Helpfulness

Openings available for lease operators butane propane AB BC SK also company drivers positions available 4/4, 5/3, 6/2 scheduled shifts reply to main. office@bamssinc.com CLASS 1 drivers req’d to pull flat deck, exc. wages, safety bonuses, benefits.

We run the 4 western provinces. Please contact 1-877-787-2501 for more info or fax resume and abstract to 403-784-2330

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ALSO 4 days a week Flyers & Sun. Life in ORIOLE PARK Oak St. & Olympic Crsc GLENDALE Gunn St. & Goodacre Cl. Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in Lancaster Area West half of Lampard Crsc. & Leung Close $85/mo.

Michener East of 40th North of Ross St. Michener Green Cresc. area. $268/mo.

Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

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ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life in

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

DEER PARK * Dempsey St. area $61.00/mo. * Dempsey St. Dumas Crsc. & Duffy Close area $94.00/mo. * Dunham Crsc Dandell Close area $141/mo. * Donnelly Crsc.

Densmore & Denmark area $170.00/mo. * Doran Crsc.

Dunn Close $68/mo. * Dixon Crsc. area $121/mo. * 2 blks of Duston St. & Dale Close $90/mo. * Dowler St. Detlor Close & Dillion Close $134/mo. * Dawson St. & 1 blk of Davison Dr. $82/mo.

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GRANDVIEW 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. per day WESTLAKE 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. /day Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Red Deer Advocate by 6:30 a.m.

Mon. through Fri. & 8:00. .am. on Saturday in DEER PARK Dempsey St. area 79 papers $423/mo.

ALSO Davison Dr. area 101 papers $541/mo.

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in

LANCASTER AREA 77 PAPERS $412/MO.

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Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more info Huntwood Custom Cabinets

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Cabinet Installers

Min. 2 yrs experienced installer contractors for the Red Deer Location. Supply your own liability insurance, tools, and reliable vehicle.

Field Service Technician

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DRIVER The Rental Store, Sylvan Lake, is looking for a casual or on-call driver to deliver our construction equipment in Central Alberta. Experience loading and unloading construction equipment would be an asset. Work would be Monday to Friday as needed.

A class 1 license is a must.

At least 2 yrs. qualified experience including cabinet repair, finished carpentry and working with various finishes. Huntwood offers excellent compensation, great benefit program and signing and performance bonuses. Please drop resumes Attn: Debbie to Huntwood Showroom, Bay 4, 6782 50th Ave Red Deer, T4N 4E1. or email: dhenderson@ huntwood.com Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

Fax resume to: 403-887-0441 or drop off at: The Rental Store, 30 Industrial Drive, Sylvan Lake. Attn: Dave

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Class 1 Drivers

FURIX Energy Inc. is looking for F/T Journeyman Pipe-Fitter. Will consider 2-3 year apprentice fitters.

Competitive wages & benefits. Consists of some field work. Fax resumes to 403-348-8109 or call Darryl @ 403-396-2104.

No calls after 9 pm.

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Hoerbiger Canada Ltd is a ACADEMIC Express leader in Technology in the Adult Education Natural Gas Compression and Training Industry. We are looking for experienced Natural • GED classes evening Gas Engine & Gas Comand days pressor Field Service Mechanics. We are also • Women in the Trades seeking a 1st year Apprentice. These opportunities • Math and Science in are currently available at the trades our Calgary Service center. Please email your Gov’t of Alberta Funding may resume to hoerbigercalgary be avail. @gmail.com 403-340-1930 MiLo Electric & Plumbing www.academicexpress.ca Ltd requires Journeyman Classifieds...costs so little and Apprentice Plumbers immediately for full time, Saves you so much! local commercial work.

Excellent pay and benefits.

Fax resume to 403-3414721 or email: ADULT miloelectric@telus.net

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SERVICE RIG

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SIGN INSTALLER req’d for local sign shop..

Must have at least 5 yrs exp. with sign fabrication & installation, and be able to work independently or as part of a team. Valid driver’s license a must.

Computer skills an asset.

Wage to be negotiated.

Apply by fax 403-341-4014 or email only: Furix Energy Inc. is looking office@questsigns.ca. for F/T Contract B-Pressure Welders or F/T B - P r e s s u r e W e l d e r s . Truckers/ Indoor shop work in Red Drivers Deer. Competitive rates & benefit packages.

BRICAR CONTRACTING Fax resumes to LTD. now hiring Class 1 4 0 3 - 3 4 8 - 8 1 0 9 o r c a l l drivers for local oilfield and Darryl @ 403-396-2104. commercial hauling.

No calls after 9 pm.

Fax resume 403-347-6296

H2S Alive, First Aid and an In-House Drug & Alcohol test are pre-requisites.

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking a DRILLER.

Trades

First Choice Collision Securitas Canada is looking

Furix Energy Inc. is looking for a Coating-Installer.

Must have minimum 5 years’ experience with Devoe products. Painting experience required. FullThose individuals with the time position w/benefits. appropriate qualifications F a x r e s u m e s t o 403-348-8109 or call Darmay respond in strictest ryl @ 403-396-2104. No confidence to careers@bwsfabrication.com calls after 9 pm. or Fax 403-343-6006

Viking Projects Ltd. is located in Lacombe Alberta and services all of Western Canada. We specialize in a variety of pipeline, facility and reclamation services.

is looking for journeyman picker operator.Top wages/ benefits. Safety tickets req’d.

Fax or drop off resume 403-346-6128 No phone calls.

SAFETY PROFESSIONAL

Now Hiring CAREPENTERS & LABORERS for work in Red Deer Apply at: Email: careers@ clarkbuilders.com Fax: 1-888-403-3051 www.clarkbuilders.com

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Is looking to fill the following position:

Road Train Oilfield Transport Ltd

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CLARK BUILDERS

BWS FABRICATION INC.

Please submit resume to hr@alstaroc.com or fax to 780- 865- 5829 Please quote job # 68629. on your resume.

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Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people.

With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals.

If you would like to be a part of our growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking:

Journeyman and Apprentice

PIPEFITTERS

Vacuum & Water Truck operators req’d. to start immed.

CLASS 1 or 3 WITH Q All oilfield safety tickets req’d. Clean drivers abstract. Must comply with drug and alcohol policy.

References Req’d.

Exc. salary & benefits.

Fax resume to: 403-742-5376 hartwell@telus.net Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds LOCAL ACID Transport company looking for exp’d’ F/T Class 1 truck driver & pressure truck operator.

Top wages and exc. benefit pkg.

Fax resume and driver’s abstract to 403-346-3766 NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

Misc.

Help

Looking Loo Lo king kin ng for

a job? ?

Target Canada is recruiting over 150 staff for their: r Flow Team r Cashier Team r Backroom Team r Pricing Team r Presentation Team r Brand Team r Fitting Room Team r Sales Floor Team r HR Team

880

Mini Job Fair Wednesday, February 6, 2013 9 a.m. - Noon Alberta Works Centre 2nd Floor, First Red Deer Place 4911 – 51 Street, Red Deer For more information, call 403-340-5353

Government

283361B4-5

800

285013B7

Oilfield

INDUSTRIAL INSULATORS Experience with Calcium Sillcate, Mineral Wool, and Utilidor panels in a tank or vessel manufacturing facility a definite asset.

CLASS 3

VAC/steamer Truck driver AND Swamper. Lacombe area, HOME EVERY NIGHT. Fax resume to 403-704-1442

Zubar Production Services

is currently taking resumes for experienced Assistant Operators Email resume to: rdzubaroffice@telus.net or fax to (403)346-9420.

Must have all valid tickets.

is expanding its facility to double production.

An up to date Alberta “B” pressure certification is required.

Preference will be given to those with vessel experience.

We are currently seeking the following to join our team in Blackfalds for all shifts:

These are full-time permanent shop positions with competitive starting Wages and benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs.

403-227-7796 Please Email Resume To: hr@bilton.ca

Please Fax Resume To:

- Batch Plant Operator - Carpenters/Woodworkers - General Labourers Top Wages paid based on experience. Full Benefits and Uniform Package included. 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.

279425A2-31

WANTED

EXPERIENCED

B PRESSURE WELDERS

284152B5

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 D3

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave. BOWER AREA Baile Cl. /Boyce St. Beatty Crs./Barrett Dr. Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St INGLEWOOD AREA

Isbister Close Issard Close LANCASTER AREA Lancaster Drive Lindsay Ave. Lagrange Crsc SUNNYBROOK AREA Scott St./Somerset Close.

Sunnyside Crsc.

VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 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

880

Misc.

Help

For afternoon delivery once per week In the towns of: Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for

SWAGELOK

Red Deer Valve & Fitting now hiring for a CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE. For over 30 years, Red Deer Valve & Fitting has been a leading fluid system components distributorship servicing Central Alberta with global resources, dedicated to outstanding customer service.

We offer competitive compensation and benefits along with a†strong work place culture of team work, communication and cooperation.

This full-time position is responsible for providing excellent customer service through: customer orders, product quotations, technical consultation, shipping/receiving and warehouse/inventory duties.

Please submit your resume electronically to careers @reddeer.swagelok.com or in person at #4 - 4910 78th Street, Red Deer.

SYNIK CLOTHING, Gasoline Alley. F/T - P/T Great pay for right person.

Apply within w/resume.

920

Career Planning

RED DEER WORKS Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

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stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Auctions

1530

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

1590

DOWNFILLED coat, size XL, worn twice, reg. $350, a s k i n g $ 1 0 0 , 403-343-1112 LEATHER MOTORCYCLE JACKET, GREEN CUSTOM MADE Men’s S - M. $150. obo.

403-302-4422

Computers

1600

COMPUTER/BRIEF CASE on wheels. As new. $80. obo 403-302-4422

EquipmentHeavy

1630

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

Firewood

1660

1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

2000-2290

2 JVC stereo speakers $15. Call 403-728-3485

1760

Misc. for Sale

BLACK MEMORY foam floor lounger, w/massage, as new 54” L, 5 position adjustable back, portable, $50, 403-347-5846 CHINA, Fine Bone, Lady Alexander Rose, England, 2 cups, 2 saucers with cream & sugar, $25; cream colored large ceramic, tea pot with blue trim and rooster decal with two matching mugs, made in Portugal, $25; table sized water fountain, 12” diameter and 6” high, water falling over rock scene, $40. 403-227-2653 COMPACT sewing table on wheels, opens to size 60x32x35 h, folds downs to 13” w, storage in cenre, $50; 403-347-5846 DE-HUMIDIFIER, used 3 hours. New cost $200. Asking $100.

403-304-1013 DRESSER w/mirror and night table $80; end table w/pull out drawer and bottom shelf 26”x22”c21”h $70; 9 shelf unit w/closed center pull down door $50 403-314-2026

HONEYDEW upright air purifier 2’ tall, filter free, works great $50 obo 403-347-0104 NEW kerosene heater $150 403-346-7375 OAK spice rack, (holds 15 spice bottles) $15; 2 sets of framed pictures $10/set, 403-343-1112 S A F E S T E P WA L K I N TUB, new $17,000 asking $6900 obo 403-346-4926

Musical Instruments

1770

AMP & Stratacaster Guitar; $150.; Mixer $50.

403-358-7678 LARGE AMP, many features. $200.

403-358-7678

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

Pasture/Land Wanted

rentals FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Household Appliances

1710

APPLS. reconditioned lrg. selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. warr. Riverside Appliances 403-342-1042

Household Furnishings

WESTPARK

11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. March 1.

403-304-7576, 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

3040

3050

3030

3040

Newly Renovated Mobile Home

with Laminate Flooring, new carpet, newly painted

A MUST SEE! $

20,000with Intro

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable

900

3090

Rooms For Rent

3190

LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

4160

Lots For Sale

www.lansdowne.ca

wegot

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

homes CLASSIFICATIONS

2010 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4, $19,,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

4000-4190

4020

FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

2006 Honda Civic LX Sedan 120000 km $10,888 Sport & Import 348-8788

2009 FORD F-150 Platinum 4X4, htd./cool lthr., $26888 348-8788 Sport & Import

Mason Martin Homes has

8 Brand New Homes starting at $188,900 2002 BMW X5 $10888 Call for more info 403-588-2550

348-8788 Sport & Import

SHOWINGS START FEBRUARY 11

Reserve your spot to view this 4 bdrm., 3 bath, with heated oversize dbl. garage, SE Red Deer. Close to schools & shopping $296,640. www.JustListedInfo.com ResOneInfo@gmail.com 403-358-9999 Residential One

4040

Condos/ Townhouses

CONDO FOR SALE -2 bedroom condo on Lawford Ave. Park Pointe Condominiums. Five apps. Building completely reno’d. Capital fund in excellent shape. Available first part of February.

Asking $195,000. Must sell, willing to negotiate.

Contact Don @ (306)747-7874 or email donaldwmoe@gmail.com

2000 NEON LX, auto., 4 dr low kms., Red. 352-6995

VIEW ALL OUR PRODUCTS At www.garymoe.com

279139

SUV's

5040

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone.

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$

www.lansdowne.ca

www.air-ristocrat.com Gary 403-302-7167

BUILDERS

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www.workopolis.com Red Deer Advocate - Job Search

PET ADOPTION

www.reddeerspca.com Many Pets to Choose From

REAL ESTATE RENTALS www.homefinders.ca Phone 403-340-3333

SHOPPING www.fhtmca.com/derekwiens Online Mega Mall 403-597-1854

VACATIONS

Escorts

www.radkeoutfitting.com AB Horseback Vacations 403-340-3971

WEB DESIGN affordablewebsitesolution.ca

AB, Computer Hygiene Ltd. 896-7523

Design/hosting/email $65/mo.

Handyman Services

1165

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

1200

BUSY B’S HANDYMAN SERVICES LTD. Res/Comm.Reno’s, repair and more. Give us a buzz @ 403-598-3857 Free quotes. WCB, insured.

Health Care

1210

FOOT CARE Handled With Care Licensed, mobile foot care.

Call 403-350-7595

COUNTERTOPS

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

COMPUTER REPAIR

1100

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 Experienced, licensed, insured Contractor. We can do it all. Reasonable rates. Free estimates.

Call Luke at 403-396-5584 KEN’S WAY is now taking complete bsmt. & reno jobs. For FREE estimate call Ken 403-318-7530 LAMINATE floors, bsmts. and reno’s 403-896-3904 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

www.greathealth.org Cancer Diabetes DIET 350-9168

www.albertacomputerhygiene.com

1010

BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

www.dontforgetyourvitamins.net The greatest vitamins in the world

www.lonsdalegreen.com Lonsdale Green Apartments

www.writers-ink.net Club for writers - meets weekly

YOU can sell it fast with a person-to-person want ad in the Red Deer Advocate Classifieds. Phone 309-3300

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300

Contractors

www.liveyourlifebetter.com Lose weight naturally with Z-Trim

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 403-346-7273 www.albertanewhomes.com Stevenson Homes. Experience the Dream.

CLUBS & GROUPS

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

2009 HONDA CR-V lthr., sunroof, nav., $23888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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

www.antlerhillelkranch.com Peak Performance VA 227-2449

www.homesreddeer.com Help-U-Sell Real Estate5483

www.ultralife.bulidingonabudjet.com MLM’ers attract new leads for FREE!

A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

HEALTH & FITNESS

www.fantahomes.com 403-343-1083 or 403-588-9788 www.masonmartinhomes.com Mason Martin Homes 403-342-4544 www.truelinehomes.com True Line Homes 403-341-5933 www.jaradcharles.com BUILDER M.L.S

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

5200

classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com

TO LIST YOUR WEBSITE CALL 403-309-3300

BALLOON RIDES

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

/month

Accounting

ASSOCIATIONS

Auto Wreckers

services

Mauricia (403) 340-0225

www.centralalbertahomebuilders.com Central AB Home Builders 403-346-5321 www.reddeer.cmha.ab.ca Canadian Mental Health Assoc. www.realcamping.ca LOVE camping and outdoors? www.diabetes.ca Canadian Diabetes Assoc. www.mycommunityinformation.com /cawos/index.html www.reddeerchamber.com Chamber of Commerce 403-347-4491

5070

wegot

Starting at

950

Vans Buses

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

4090

in pet friendly park

1992 DODGE crew cab V8, clean, great cond. 318-3040

2010 TOYOTA Sienna CE 7pass., rear air, $14888 348-8788 Sport & Import

4050

MUST SELL

By Owner $7,000.

Sharon 403-340-0225

2005 COLORADO ext cab LS red, trailer hitch & sprayed in boxliner, mech. in great shape, tuned up, 168,000 kms. $7500, 403-347-6889 lve msg

has relocated to

Manufactured Homes

modular/mobile homes

5050

2008 MERCEDES BENZ E300 4-matic, nav., sunroof, 77001 kms, $26,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

wegot

7 ACRES $353,000. 20 min. to Red Deer 403-227-5132

2 & 3 bedroom

Trucks

2010 GMC 3500 HD 4X4, sunroof, htd. lthr., long box, 118393 kms, $34888, 348-8788, Sport & Import

2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4, lthr., 8 passenger, $28,888.

348-8788 Sport & Import

FREE Cable

1998 QX4 INFINITI,V6, 4x4, good motor & transmission. No rust, regular maintanance, good tires. $4950. 403-588-6230

5030

Cars

279426C30

Renter’s Special

SPEED skates ladies older style shoe size 5-6 $75 very good cond.

403-346-0093

2006 Escalade ESV Platinum Edition 22” Foose Rims one owner $24,888 Sport & Import 348- 8788

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

MOBILE HOME PAD, in

Houses For Sale

5040

Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

CLEAN, quiet, responsible, Furn. $525. 403-346-7546 FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $425/mo.

403-506-3277

SUV's

BRAND NEW SECONDARY SUITE HOME. 403-588-2550

Sharon (403) 340-0225

ANTIQUE Tynan chesterfield chair $150 403-346-7375

BED, twin with headboard, box spring & mattress.

Good condition. $75.

403-227-2653

2 bdrm. apt. avail. Feb 15 & Mar 1. Water & heat incld, clean and quiet, great location, no pets.

403-346-6686

Acreages

1720

BED Frame, queen, solid wood, 4 poster. $200 obo.

403-343-8499

SUNNYBROOK

WELL kept 2 storey condo in Davenport Country Lane 3 bdrm, 2 1/2 bath, fireplace, finished bsmt, $224,900 403-391-0680

$

1860 1870

1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

Heat/water/parking incl.

Call 403-342-2899

4100

Income Property

Red Deer Close to Gaetz, Bright & Clean 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

4-Plex In Oriole Park Sharon 403-340-0225

3060

Only

QUIET LOCATION

Mobile Newly Reno’d Mobile Lot

3020

Manufactured Homes

3060

Suites

Fully reno’d condo, 3 bdrms, 1 bath, Balcony, Wanted Tenant Shared laundry. 3 appls, Parking, No pets. $1225 & Large 1 bdrm. adult suite.

Elect; SD $1225; Avail NOW. Heat/water/parking incl’d.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 Call 403-342-2899 or 403-318-4225

3010

HUSKY WOLF PUPS!!

1st shots, yr. guarantee.

2 Males. 403-749-2924

Travel Packages

VACANCY In Woodland Terrace

2 bdrm + den, 1.5 bath, Balcony. In-suite laundry.

NO PETS, Avail NOW! Acreages/ $1025 & Gas & Elect., Farms SD $1025.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099 LARGE farm house, 30 or 403-396-9554 mts. W of Sylvan Lake, $1000 /mo.. + gas $1000 STYLISH TRI-PLEX d.d., 403-588-7221 ON 59TH AVE 2 bdrms, 1,5 bath, Open concept style. Balcony 5 Houses/ appl, In-suite laundry. No smoking.

NO PETS. $1225 Duplexes & UTIL, SD $1225. Avail NOW. NEWER Adult 1/2 Duplex Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 403-396-9554 in Inglewood, 1200 sq. ft., 3 bdrms. 6 appls. 2 car parking. N/S, no pets, utils. not incld., $1200 rent/s.d. Suites Avail. March 1.

403-340-0363 1 BDRM, apt in Eastview, avail. immed. $795, 403-343-0070 Condos/ GLENDALE 2 bdrm. $825, Townhouses D.D. $825, N/S, no pets, no partiers, avail immed.

KITSON CLOSE 1-403-200-8175 newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, SUITES. 25+, adults only blinds, lg. balcony, fenced n/s, no pets 403-346-7111 in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s March 1st.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545 NOW RENTING Kyte/Kelloway Cres.

1 & 2 BDRM. APT’S. Lovely 3 level exec.

2936 50th AVE. Red Deer 3 bdrm. townhouse Newer bldg. secure entry 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, w/ onsite manager, 5 concrete patio, blinds, appls., incl. heat and hot front/rear parking, no dogs, water, washer/dryer n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 hookup, infloor heating, a/c., Avail. Immed. & March 1. car plug ins & balconies.

403-304-7576 or 347-7545 Call 403-343-7955

1840

Items

SOUTHWOOD PARK 3110-47TH Avenue, 2 & 3 bdrm. townhouses, generously sized, 1 1/2 baths, fenced yards, full bsmts. 403-347-7473, Sorry no pets. www.greatapartments.ca

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

CLASSIFICATIONS

FRIENDLY and affectionate baby bunnies, FREE. 403-782-3130

Sporting Goods

3030

FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Sharon 403-340-0225

wegot

1810

Dogs

2180

WANTED - PASTURE LAND TO RENT OR LEASE. Required for 2 Load Pastures to 1000 Head Pastures. Area: Alberta & Saskatchewan.

Term: May to September, 2013. Please contact Ed 403-546-2278 Ext 3.

P.A. SYSTEM, 250 Watts with stand. $200.

403-358-7678

Pets & Supplies

2140

Horses

FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, 16-1988 Calgary Olympic Poplar. Can deliver glasses $25; 4 wine and 4 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 cocktail glasses $15; wine decanter and 6 liquor LOGS glasses $20; Royal Albert Semi loads of pine, spruce, cream, sugar, and tray tamarack, poplar.

Kentish Rockery $50; 4 pc.

Price depends on location. dessert goblets pedestal Lil Mule Logging style $20; oval bowl (Moth403-318-4346 er of Pearl) 10”x 6 1/2”x4” Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner deep $45 403-314-2026 BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

280034A5-C5

Employment Training

1730

Stereos TV's, VCRs

AFFORDABLE Spruce, Pine, Birch Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

DUVET, twin size, white with poly fill. Exc. cond. $20. 403-227-2653

wegot

Condos/ Townhouses

WANTED

Homestead Firewood Collectors'

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

1720

SENIOR lady needing help COCKTAIL table w/center cubical and door that with house work. opens down 58”x22” x Call 403-347-8697 15”h $175 403-314-2026 SOURCE ADULT VIDEO requires mature P/T help GLASS & Brass Coffee for weekend grave shift. table. $50.; 403-343-8439 Fax resume to: RECLINING Leather 403-346-9099 or drop off to: Massage chair, Sony 3301-Gaetz Avenue Laptop. 403-343-8439

Clothing NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Household Furnishings

279430A2-C31

880

19166TFD28

Misc.

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Massage Therapy

1280

Gentle Touch Massage

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445 LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE

Valentine’s Special

Bring loved one & the 2nd person is 1/2 price.

Open daily 9 am-9 pm.

403-986-1550 #3 4820-47 Ave 4 therapists, Insurance receipts MASSAGE ABOVE ALL WALK-INS WELCOME 4709 Gaetz Ave. 346-1161

VII MASSAGE

Feeling overwhelmed?

Hard work day? Come in and let us pamper you.

Pampering at its best. #7 7464 Gaetz Ave.(rear entrance if necessary) www.viimassage.biz In/Out Calls to Hotels.

403-986-6686

Misc.

Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca FREE removal of all kinds of unwanted scrap metal.

No household appliances 403-396-8629

IRONMAN Scrap Metal Recovery is picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles and industrial.

Serving central Alberta.

403-318-4346 JUNK REMOVAL, Yard/ Garden Serv. 588-2564

Painters/ Decorators

1310

A COUPLE OF PAINTERS

Call for all your painting requirements. 15 yrs. exp.

Kory at 403-347-9068

Seniors’ Services

1372

HELPING HANDS For Seniors. Cleaning, cooking, companionship in home or in facility.

Call 403-346-7777 Better For Cheaper with a Low Price Guarantee. helpinghandshomesupport.com

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013

Peru seeks to protect thinning fish population BUT INDUSTRY FLOUTS CRACKDOWN

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CALLAO, Peru — The ocean off Peru boasts the world’s richest fishing grounds, but Taurino Querevalu is returning to port empty again after a hunt for Peruvian anchovy, cursing his empty nets and an increasingly stingy sea.

A little more than a decade ago, Querevalu’s 8-ton wooden boat rarely returned with an empty hold as it does on this day motoring back to Lima’s port of Callao, the low-slung clouds above as grey as the sea mirroring them.

“There used to be fish for everybody,” the 48-yearold trawler captain laments, leaning on the rail as a stiff breeze buffets his leathery brow. “You’d run into immense schools.”

Querevalu’s frustrated search for the silvery, stiletto-sized fish reflects a voracious, growing global demand for the protein-rich fish meal, and oil, into which nearly Peru’s entire anchovy catch is converted. It also reflects unremitting cheating by commercial fleets on quotas and other regulations designed to protect the species.

Not only has overfishing of the Peruvian anchovy, or anchoveta, battered the industry that makes Peru far and away the world’s No. 1 fish meal exporter, it has also raised alarm about food security in a nation that had long been accustomed to cheap, abundant seafood.

The drop in the anchoveta population has over the years affected the food chain, as stocks of hundreds of bigger wild fish and marine animals that eat it have also thinned.

Anchoveta thrives in the cold, plankton-saturated Humboldt Current along the coast of Peru and Chile and accounts for about a third of the global fishmeal industry used to fatten farmed seafood and livestock, from salmon in Norway to pigs in China. Like other small “forage fish” that account for more than a third of the world’s wild ocean fish catch, nearly the entire anchoveta catch gets ground up into feed and rendered into oil.

It is the “the most heavily exploited fish in world history,” according to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization.

Peru’s government ordered deep cuts in what the country’s 1,200-boat commercial fleet could catch in October after anchoveta stocks plummeted to about 5 million metric tons — at the low end of what fishermen would bring in during previous years. While the small fish reproduce rapidly, their overall population is now less than half its volume a decade ago, said Patricia Majluf, a top Peruvian marine scientist.

The government slashed the permitted commercial catch by two-thirds and set rules meant to put more fish on dinner tables in a country whose rural provinces are afflicted by some of the world’s highest rates of child malnourishment.

Yet the commercial fleet has continued to cheat, said Paul Phumpiu, Peru’s vice minister of fisheries.

“They have no social conscience,” he told reporters Monday in announcing new fines of nearly $3 million on commercial companies for illegally harvesting more than 18,000 metric tons of juvenile anchoveta during the three-month fishing season that ended Jan. 31.

“This resource isn’t only for the enrichment of a few. It’s for the benefit of all of us,” Phumpiu said in an earlier interview. “It’s a paradox, having a resource so rich that it feeds other parts of the planet but barely reaches Peruvians.”

Peru’s commercial fishing industry blames climatic problems for the anchoveta’s slide. But independent experts say years of overfishing, lax enforcement and cheating on quotas and fines have hurt the population. They also accuse the industry of rampant underreporting of its catch and of endangering stocks by harvesting juveniles.

Majluf said a one-year fishing ban should be imposed to rebuild the population.

Officials balked at that idea, instead setting the lowest quota ever for the commercial trawler fleet at just 810,000 tons for the fishing season that just ended. The government will soon assess anchoveta stocks and determine the quota for the next, midyear season.

Phumpiu said Peru also is boosting the number of its inspectors, from 60 to 260 to begin with, along the

Photo by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

In this file photo, Marvin Vega unloads a crate of anchovies from the holding area of a “boliche,” the Peruvian term for boats that are used by fishermen who fish with nets, at the port of El Callao, Peru. Not only has overfishing of the Peruvian anchovy, or anchoveta, battered the industry that makes Peru the world’s No. 1 fish-meal exporter, it has also raised alarm about food security in a nation that had long been accustomed to cheap, abundant seafood. Peru’s government ordered radical restrictions on what the country’s 1,200boat commercial fleet could catch after anchoveta stocks plummeted. But compliance with strict government quotas has been problematic.

1,860-mile (3,000-kilometre) coastline and increasing fines for unauthorized catches.

Skeptics doubt the new restrictions will work.

For one thing, an estimated 400,000 tons of anchoveta caught annually goes unreported. “That’s the entire (annual) catch of Spain, or Italy,” said Juan Carlos Sueiro, a Cayetano Heredia University economist. It’s value: about $200 million.

There are also huge loopholes.

Anchoveta quotas only apply to boats in the commercial fleet that works within Peru’s 200-mile territorial waters. Those vessels have been responsible for about 94 per cent of the catch.

But when boat-by-boat quotas were imposed in 2008, trawlers under 32 tons were exempted. Unrestricted, their numbers swelled.

“Everybody around here got into fishing. Farmers sell their cattle and get into fishing. Engineers and doctors, they have their profession. But on the side, they buy boats,” said Juan Ponce, administrator of the artisanal, or small-time, fishing pier in Pisco, a three-hour drive south of Lima.

With so much overfishing, particularly of anchoveta, fresh fish of all sizes are now scarcer than ever for Peruvians, and seafood prices have risen since 2009 at a rate four times that of other foods.

People “buy more chicken than fish because chicken is cheaper,” said Pedro Diaz Sanchez, a wad of bills in his hand thickening as he sells hake by the crate at Lima’s Villa Maria del Triunfo fish market.

In fact, whole anchoveta hasn’t been available for years. Rendering factories now pay roughly twice as much for anchoveta as wholesalers who cater to human consumption. Peru earns about $2,000 a metric ton for fishmeal and $2,800 a ton for fish oil, a popular ingredient in nutritional supplements, and prices have more than doubled over the past decade.

Local supplies of fish also are hurt by laws that subsidize exports.

“It’s cheaper to export fish to Africa than to haul it to Huancavelica,” said Carlos Paredes, a San Martin de Porres University economist, referring to a highlands Peruvian province where 55 per cent of children under age 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition.

The powerful fishing industry has fought efforts to

Passenger recalls terrifying bus crash CALIFORNIA

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS YUCAIPA, Calif. — The bus full of tired tourists from Mexico was slowly winding its way down the mountain from the ski resort town of Big Bear when it suddenly picked up speed. The driver shouted to call for help — the brakes had failed.

As passengers frantically tried to get a cellphone signal, a group of teenage girls shrieked and prayed aloud as others cried and shielded their heads as they careened downhill.

The bus rear-ended a Saturn sedan, swerved, flipped and slid on its side.

A Ford pickup in the oncoming lane plowed into it, righting the bus and tossing passengers out shattered windows before it came to a halt.

“Everything happened so fast.

When the bus spun everything flew, even the people,” said Gerardo Barrientos, who was next to his girlfriend one minute and then scrambling out of the wreckage the next moment to find her and a friend in the highway, injured but alive among the carnage.

Seven people were killed and dozens injured Sunday in the accident 80 miles (129 kilometres) east of Los Angeles.

On Monday, families from Tijuana anxiously sought loved ones in hospitals and investigators searched the scene for evidence and scrutinized the company’s safety history.

Government records showed the bus, operated by Scapadas Magicas of National City, California, recorded 22 safety violations in inspections over a year — including brake, windshield and tire problems.

The crash littered State Route 38 with body parts, winter clothing and debris. The bus stood across

both lanes with its windows blown out, front end crushed and part of the roof peeled back like a tin can.

“I saw many people dead.

There are very, very horrendous images in my head, things I don’t want to think about,” Barrientos said as he and girlfriend Lluvia Ramirez, who both work at a government hospital in Tijuana, waited outside the Loma Linda University Medical Center emergency room for word on a friend who broke her neck.

After the crash, Barrientos, who was uninjured, moved his friends to safety and then tried to help the bus driver, whose hand was pinned between rocks.

Ramirez, who had a bloody ear, dark bruises and a scratch on her neck, suffered a hairline vertebra fracture.

“I was overwhelmed,” she said.

“I’m a surgical resident and I usually know how to react, but I was so in shock I didn’t know what to do. I just stayed with my friend.”

The bus was going slowly down the hill and was being passed by other vehicles, including the Saturn, when it suddenly sped up for an unknown reason, according to a person involved in the investigation who requested anonymity because the probe was ongoing.

The bus travelled about a mile (less than a kilometre) from the point it struck the Saturn until it came to a stop, said California Highway Patrol Officer Leon Lopez.

Investigators will determine if mechanical failure or driver error was to blame.

The road, which sometimes closes in winter during snow storms, was dry at the time.

The bus driver, Norberto B. Perez, approximately 52, of San Ysidro, was in serious condition, authorities said.

The driver told investigators the vehicle had brake problems.

The National Transportation

Safety Board sent a team to the scene to help in the probe.

Federal transportation records show the bus company was licensed to carry passengers for interstate travel and that it had no crashes in the past two years.

Stephen Keppler of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, a group with industry and government members, said buses and trucks average about two violations for each inspection.

Overall, buses operated by the firm flunked 36 per cent of random inspections, the records indicate.

That’s higher than the national average for similar companies — a 21 per cent failure rate.

The California company had an overall “satisfactory” rating from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — but records show three-quarters of similar companies had better safety records.

No one answered the door at the Scapadas Magicas office in a sprawling complex that houses more than 1,300 storage lockers and about 30 small offices.

The bus left Tijuana early Sunday for the three-hour ride to ferry people up to Big Bear for a day in the snow.

Crews worked through the night to recover the dead, removing the last body Monday afternoon.

At least 17 people were still hospitalized, including at least five in critical condition. One is a girl.

The pickup driver was in extremely serious condition, said Peter Brierty, assistant county fire chief. Three people were in the Saturn.

Rocky Shaw, San Bernardino County coroner’s investigation, said one of the dead victims was a 13-year-old boy.

The boy’s family from Tijuana was meeting with Mexican Consulate officials after spending the night going from hospital to hospital looking for him.

trim quotas and raise taxes, while some commercial fleet owners challenge in court a backlog of millions of dollars in fines. Last year, fishermen in the northern port of Paita blocked highways and sacked city hall to protest a quota on hake that they considered too low. Two people died in clashes with police.

Hoping to forestall similar unrest, and to get more fish to local markets, the government in September mixed new restrictions on the big anchoveta fleet with incentives for smaller boats. It barred the big, commercial trawlers from within 10 miles of the coast.

Previously, the first five miles had been off-limits.

Then it created a new category of “medium-sized” boats — between 10 and 32 tons — with exclusive rights to the 5-to-10-mile corridor.

The artisanal fleet of boats of less than 10 tons was given exclusive rights to the first five miles, where most anchoveta spawn.

The government decreed that the small and medium-sized boats would only be permitted to catch fish for human consumption.

But there is blatant cheating amid an almost complete absence of government policing.

At Pisco’s artisanal pier on a recent morning, workers removed six tons of anchoveta from the turquoise-hued wooden trawler “El Tio” as pelicans and boobies picked at the scraps.

The oily fish were loaded onto a flatbed truck that navigated Pisco’s dusty streets before disappearing through a eucalyptus grove into an illegal fishmeal factory, one of 15 that Sueiro says operate up and down the coast.

Ponce, the pier administrator, said dozens of the 300 boats at his pier similarly sell anchoveta illegally, especially in these slow days of the Southern Hemisphere summer when people aren’t catching much else.

“The anchoveta is the only resource available year-round,” said Ponce.

Sueiro, the economist, fears it could one day disappear as an industry, as other fisheries have.

“Twenty years ago we caught nearly 3 million tons of sardines (a year),” he said. “Now, they don’t even capture a ton. Commercially, no one in Peru lives off sardines anymore.”

Iraq War vet charged in Texas shooting deaths had been in mental hospital

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT WORTH, Texas — The Iraq War veteran charged with killing a former Navy SEAL sniper and his friend on a Texas shooting range had been taken to a mental hospital twice in the past four months, police records show.

Eddie Ray Routh, 25, is charged with one count of capital murder and two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of Chris Kyle, author of the bestselling book “American Sniper,” and his friend Chad Littlefield at a shooting range Saturday in Glen Rose. He is on suicide watch in the Erath County Jail, where he’s being held on $3 million bond, Sheriff Tommy Bryant said.

Routh was taken to a mental hospital on Sept. 2 after threatening to kill his family and then commit suicide, according to police records in Lancaster, where Routh lives. Authorities found Routh walking nearby with no shirt and no shoes, and smelling of alcohol. Routh told authorities he was a Marine veteran who was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

“Eddie stated he was hurting and that his family does not understand what he has been through,” the report said.

Routh’s mother told police that her son had been drinking and became upset when his father said he was going to sell his gun. She said Routh began arguing with them and said he was going to “blow his brains out.”

Police took Routh to Green Oaks Hospital for psychiatric care.

Dallas police records show Routh was taken back to the same mental hospital in mid-January after a woman called police and said she feared for Routh’s safety. Routh, a member of the Marines Corps Reserve, appeared ready to assault jailers Sunday night when they entered his solitary confinement cell because he refused to return his food tray, Bryant said. After warnings, jailers used a stun gun once and then put Routh in a chair that restrains his arms and legs, Bryant said.

Bryant said Routh has an attorney but hasn’t met with him at the jail in Stephenville, southwest of Fort Worth. Routh has not said anything to investigators, Bryant said.

Authorities say the three men arrived at the sprawling Rough Creek Lodge on Saturday afternoon, and a hunting guide discovered the bodies of Kyle and Littlefield about two hours later and called police.

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Vegan dog owners introduce pets to all-vegetable diet

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Many Torontonians are going vegan, and that includes the four-legged ones.

Vegan diets for dogs are becoming increasingly prevalent in Toronto as owners who follow the vegan lifestyle are implementing it on their pets.

Ken Butland, 35, is a vegan who is passionate about his lifestyle and wanted to pass it down to his two dachshunds.

“My philosophy extends far beyond what I put in my mouth,” says Butland.

“Anyone who’s dependent like a child or an animal, it’s my responsibility to make sure I’m not buying products that are dependent on exploitation to other animals.”

Butland says that Major Wigglebottoms IV and Willie Kerfluffington II quickly adapted to their new diet and now can’t get enough of it.

“You only have to spend a few seconds in the room, when they hear carrots being chopped up they’re like lightning,” says Butland. “We feed them green beans, raw carrots, raw cabbage, and they go crazy.”

Major and Willie are both rescue dogs who weren’t in the greatest condition when Butland and his fiancee Angeline adopted them.

Major’s fur was falling out and Willie was underweight, Butland said, adding they quickly blossomed once they began their new dietary regime.

Dr. Erika Sullivan, a veterinarian at Forest Hill Animal Clinic, chalks the turnaround up to the health benefits of a vegan diet.

“If I had a dog it would definitely be on a veggie diet because the quality of meat isn’t up to standards,” she said.

Sullivan says that dog owners simply need to read the labels.

“When they call it byproduct, it could be 80 per cent chicken and 20 per cent scraps,” said Sullivan. “There’s no way to trust that.”

Owners may question vegan diets because dogs are known to have a majority of meat in their diet but Sullivan says there is no need to worry.

“Unlike cats, (dogs) are natural omnivores who have the enzymes to break down the nutrients from a vegan diet and assimilate them for daily use.”

Vegan diets for dogs involve more than feeding them raw vegetables.

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Major the dog begs for a carrot. Many people are going vegan, and that includes their four-legged companions. Vegan diets for dogs are becoming increasingly prevalent as owners who follow the vegan lifestyle are implementing it for their pets.

Canines rely on dry vegan dog food for nutrients such as protein that they would have ingested through eating meat.

Sullivan says that some breeds like dachshunds and Dalmatians are more likely to thrive on vegan diets, adding she has recommended the lifestyle for some of her patients’ owners.

Alan Witz, 42, is one such convert.

The long-time vegan consistently fed his dogs meat until Sullivan recommended his two dachshunds follow in their master’s dietary footsteps.

A year and a half later, Witz is con-

vinced.

“Dogs don’t need to eat meat to be healthy,” says Witz. “If more people realized that it wasn’t detrimental (for their dogs), they would do it.”

Not all agree with a vegan diet however.

Veterinary technician Krista Wilcox tends to dogs at the Front Street Animal Hospital and would only recommend a vegan diet when food allergies are present.

“It’s more of a decision made because of the lifestyle of the owner,” Wilcox said.

As long as meat-based products are high-quality, Wilcox said that there isn’t a problem.

“When you’re feeding high quality food, you don’t have to worry,” said Wilcox. “Chicken meals, when rendered and used properly are a great source of protein.”

Wilcox says that if a diet isn’t properly formulated for each individual need, even if it is a vegan diet, there can be side-effects.

“An improper diet will cause a pet to, over time, show malnutrition,” she said.

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Pizza Hut to roll out tiny pies after Super Bowl, to tap into ‘sliders’ craze NINE SLIDER PIZZAS FOR $10

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Sick of pizza after the Super Bowl? Pizza Hut is hoping to tempt you with tiny new pies.

The chain is introducing “pizza sliders” Monday, which are smaller than its personal pies and can be ordered in batches for families that want to customize their orders with different toppings. The sliders will be available in either a $10 box of nine or a $5 box of three.

The box of nine sliders would be the equivalent of a large pie, which has eight slices and also costs $10.

A slider is 3.5 inches across, while a personal pie is 6 inches.

The roll out of the sliders right after the Super Bowl is intended to generate excitement during a time when people may be sick of pizza. The partying done during the final pro football game of the season makes the day one of the five biggest days for pizza consumption of the entire year. The other four are Halloween, the day before Thanksgiving, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, according to the trade magazine Pizza Today.

To combat pizza fatigue last year after the Super Bowl, Pizza Hut launched its $10 Dinner Box, which includes breadsticks and dessert and has helped grow sales over the past year.

Now the chain is looking for another big spark.

The sliders were inspired by a popular dish Pizza Hut offered in India called the “iPan,” which were sold in batches of three.

Pizza Hut thought the mini pizzas would translate well to the U.S., given the growing popularity of burger sliders at restaurants.

The pizza sliders let customers pick three

different toppings for both the box of nine and box of three. Carrie Walsh, senior vicepresident of marketing for Pizza Hut, notes that the most customization people can usually get now is ordering a pie with different toppings on each half.

With the sliders, Walsh said people “don’t have to worry about your mushrooms spilling over on my cheese side.”

The sliders aren’t the first time Pizza Hut looked overseas for inspiration; the Dinner Box was first introduced in Australia before it came to the United States.

Pizza Hut declined to say whether the sliders have higher profit margins than a regular pie. In terms of how filling they are, Pizza Hut says each slider is roughly the equivalent of a slice, meaning a person might eat two or three. A pepperoni slider has about 260 calories, compared with 250 calories for a slice of a medium pie and 370 calories for a slice from a large pie.

The chain promised earlier that it would give away samples of a mysterious new product if the word “hut” was uttered during the Super Bowl, meaning the giveaway was virtually guaranteed. The chain says customers can get their free sliders between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. today.

Pizza Hut in the U.S. has had a bumpy past few years, with customers pulling back on spending in recent years.

To help grow its business and accommodate changing eating habits, the chain in 2009 introduced a smaller store format that focuses only on delivery and carry-out orders, with no tables for dine-in customers.

About 40 per cent of its 6,400 locations are now only carry out or delivery.

Pizza Hut is a unit of Yum Brands Inc., which is based in Louisville, Ky. and also owns Taco Bell and KFC.

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An internally displaced girl walks in flood waters at a refugee camp in Herat, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday. Afghan military forces donated winter relief assistance to dozens of internally displaced families being affected by heavy raining in Herat.

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