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In fact, he believes asking for more energy-efficient options, such as spray foam instead of standard insulation, at the outset means no regrets later on. “It’s good to ask a lot of questions, and TV is having that effect.”

Home show chair Kevin Wilkie, vicepresident of the home builders’ association, Central Alberta chapter, feels television, magazines and the Internet are all contributing to a wider knowledge base.

He spent his childhood doodling mutant superheroes while living on a Leslieville acreage: “All of my early fashion influence came from the X-Men,” admitted Nolan Bellavance, with a laugh.

Now the 26-year-old designer is residing in New York City and being touted as “the next big thing” Nolan on some f a s h i o n Bellavance websites, which refer glowingly to his first women’s wear show last month.

“Bellavance (showcased) some incredibly modern, superchic pieces that bring a fresh touch to New York Fashion Week,” stated a writer for AstonishWorld.

Style.com called his debut presentation at Milk Studios polished and inspired, adding, “the (designer) may be green, but we have a feeling we’ll be seeing a lot more of Bellavance in seasons to come.”

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Judy Waisanen, left, and Cindy Phillips check out vinyl strip flooring from John Van Egmond at the Central Alberta Co-op Home and Garden Centre booth at the Red Deer Home Show.

Home industry seeing positive shift OWNERS AND POTENTIAL BUYERS BECOMING BETTER EDUCATED

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF

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Thanks to Mike Holmes and other TV home show personalities, more informed customers are in the new home and renovation markets, say exhibitors at the Red Deer Home Show.

Of the hundreds of Central Albertans who perused about 300 trade show booths sponsored by the Canadian Home Builders’ Association at Westerner Park this weekend were more potential customers who

knew exactly what they wanted.

“People are looking for more quality in building. They want options that last longer, are more efficient and sustainable, said Rob Rolston, custom homes manager for Avalon, Central Alberta.

And he thinks this is positive for the industry.

“There’s nothing bad with educating yourself,” Rolston said.

‘Vote’ movement opens HQ ORGANIZATION IS THE ‘LET US VOTE’ MOVEMENT FOR A WARD SYSTEM PLEBESCITE

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The Let Us Vote movement in Red Deer has a home base.

Office space has been rented at 5417-50th Ave. for three months while signatures are collected for the petition that calls for a plebiscite on a ward system in the Oct. 21 civic election.

Garfield Marks, the man behind the push, said his team will begin canvassing on April 1.

Right now the office space is being used for organizing the campaign and fielding questions about the petition.

Marks said while the response has been overwhelming, he does need more volunteers to help with the door knocking and to man the office.

“Things are going even better than I expected,” said Marks.

“I have business people looking to

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distribute the petitions. That’s my biggest focus now is getting the petition out.”

A petitioner has 60 days from the time of the first signature to collect the mandatory 10,000 signatures in order for it to be considered by the municipality.

Marks has heard from the residents that there are so many other issues that they would like to see on the petition but his focus is on the plebiscite.

“I think that’s the biggest issue,” said Marks.

“I think there is a lot of issues but I can’t add them all in. I think people get disappointed but I am pretty shocked at the (widespread) response. I got a call from a guy in Indonesia. He was from Red Deer and he heard about it.

“It’s amazing how big this thing is and how involved people can be when people want to get involved.”

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Garfield Marks readies petitions for pick-up by volunteers at the 51st Avenue Let Us Vote office. ing a plebiscite on the ballot in February.

Marks began the legwork to force a plebiscite shortly after.

For more information, call Marks at 403-352-8114 or email gjmarks@telusplanet.net crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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HOMES: Specific products sought As a result, he’s noticed more clients coming in with specific requests.

“They often bring pictures with them and say ‘I want it to look something like this,” said Wilkie, who is also vice-president of sales for TrueLine Homes.

Christine Long of Red Deer was among those looking for a specific product at the home show. “I want flat, shiny doors for my (kitchen) cabinets in a glossy grey colour — pretty modern,” said Long, who hadn’t found them on Saturday, but comes every year to “see what we can see.”

Attendance to the 2013 home show appears to have increased from 2012, and the number of booths was up a few from last year’s 280 exhibitors.

“We found space for a few more,” said Wilkie, who noted the show’s space sold out again, regardless, with more businesses on the waiting list.

While several local builders have seen a growing interest in new entrylevel homes and higher-end homes, they say demand for mid-range homes has softened a little. Wilkie believes it’s because new lots for those homes have not been made available in the city for a while.

As for the accelerating demand for custom-built homes, David Hozjan, president of Elk River Mountain Homes of Fernie, B.C. — who constructs luxury homes in the $750,000 to $1-million price range — believes it’s because “the quiet money comes out” during recessions when affluent people can build when commodity prices are lower.

Hozjan said his company has doubled sales volumes in the last four years. The main trend he’s noticed over that period is a customer preference for quality finishes over large square footage.

Rolston’s company has also been busy been filling a demand for nicely finished houses that are not as big as they might have been in the past. “I find that people want a more reasonable size, when it comes to cleaning,” he said, noting a lot of these homes are only about 1,600 square feet.

Kent and Karen Carmichael of the Rocky Mountain House area, understand the sentiment behind building a more compact, but luxurious home.

The couple, who were looking at hot tubs and decking, recently built an upscale home on an acreage that has only two bedrooms and no basement.

“We don’t want our kids to move back in,” said Kent, with a chuckle.

Other trends noticed at the show are for front door renovations and improvements to outdoor living spaces.

There’s also an on-going fascination with dark wood flooring and casings and larger floor tiles in natural materials, including slate.

“I just saw some granite that looks like leather. I guess it all depends on how they scrape it,” said Wilkie. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

liked Bellavance’s print dresses, calling them “unlike anything that anyone else is doing . . . I think he could be a very big star.”

Bellavance, who has sales meetings set up with fashion buyers from Barneys and other U.S. retailers, as well as The Bay in Canada, had no idea he would be bitten by the fashion bug while growing up in Leslieville — a hamlet known more for farming than haute couture.

He doesn’t recall having any such aspirations while playing baseball, drawing and doing gymnastics as a youngster.

Bellavance remembers being an artistic kid who got support from teachers as well as his family, including his father, who worked in the oilfield service industry and his mom, who’s in real estate.

“They were both creative in nontraditional ways.”

After first trying out journalism in Calgary, Bellavance was introduced to the fashion world by friends, and decided to pursue design at Montreal’s College LaSalle and then Parsons in New York City.

He admits his current status as a young designer-to-watch is a little surreal. “Everyday I am still pinching myself . . .”

The flashing cameras, fashion critics and retail buyers at his fall/winter 2013 fashion show on Feb. 9 were “really cool, but a little nerve-wracking,” said Bellavance, who co-created the debut collection with fellow Parsons grad and his best friend Ava Hama.

While he gets a lot of press about his youth, Bellavance feels it’s actually taken him a long time to get to where he is. And the trouble with achieving a lot at a young age, “is you feel you have to keep up.”

But wherever Bellavance goes, he believes a little bit of Central Alberta goes too.

“Definitely I think there’s a small influence from where I come from.

I was surrounded by Western wear while I was growing up, and I’m still interested in construction . . . I always try to think back to a bunch of things from my past that I can use for my collection.”

While there are no strident plaids or cowboy shirt yokes, Bellavance said there is leather, fur and denim. “I always use some denim in every collection . . .

“As much as my life has changed, where I came from is always going to be a part of me.” lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Nolan Bellavance and design partner Ava Hama. Below, some of Bellavance’s older works

FASHION: Big things The Central Alberta native and graduate of the renowned Parsons School of Fashion has been on to big things since being unanimously chosen by five judges as winner of the MADE for Peroni Young Designer Award last August.

The prize included $25,000 to finance his debut clothing collection and $20,000 to showcase the garments during fashion week.

One of the judges, designer Antonio Berardi, stated that he particularly

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Monday, March 11, 2013

PLANE FLIPS NEAR AIRPORT

Man seriously injured in snowmobile accident

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Area resident Joseph White was going to work Saturday when he saw an ‘unusual sight’ and snapped a picture. According to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, a pilot taking two passengers on a pleasure flight over the area had to make an emergency landing in a farm field about one km south of the Red Deer Airport. The engine of the small plane, rented from Skywings Aviation, began losing power shortly after a 5:45 p.m. take-off from the airport. The aircraft glided downward and nosed over after landing in soft snow. There were only minor injuries, but the Transportation Safety Board will look into why the engine failed.

Climate change making Arctic seasons more like south

A 23-year-old Thorsby man was airlifted to hospital in Edmonton with serious injuries after a snowmobile accident south of Bentley.

At about 1 a.m. on Saturday, Sylvan Lake RCMP and emergency workers from Bentley Fire and Associated Ambulance responded to a call about a single-vehicle snowmobile collision in a field east of Range Road 1-1 and north of Township Road 400.

A man who had been the lone occupant of a snowmobile was hurt after hitting a snowy ridge along a service road.

Two of his family members, who had been operating other snowmobiles at the time, notified police of the accident.

The victim is believed to have received numerous spinal cord injuries, and was airlifted by STARS air ambulance to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton.

Police believe alcohol was a factor in the accident.

Although not directly involved in the collision, both relatives who were with the injured man were charged with refusing to provide a breath sample to RCMP. They will appear in Red Deer provincial court on May 3.

No names were released at this time.

NO WAY TO PREDICT WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN

Newly published research says climate change has already altered seasons in the Arctic to make them more like southern regions.

And while tundra plant communities are already becoming shrubbier, scientists behind the paper say there’s no way to predict what’s going to happen as the change continues.

“We are doing a strange experiment,” said Ranga Myneni of Boston University, co-author of the paper published Sunday in Nature Climate Change.

It’s long been known that climate change is proceeding more quickly in the Arctic than anywhere else — about twice the global average.

Myneni, one of an international group of scientists behind the research, decided to look at how that warming is happening. He and his fellow researchers found the effect was on the difference between the seasons.

The amount that temperatures

change as the seasons pass depends on latitude, said Myneni.

“In any given year, you start with a horizontal line that’s the temperature profile of the equatorial regions. Gradually, you build up a bell shape as you go further north.”

But most of the warming that’s happening in the Arctic is taking place in winter, with somewhat less happening in spring and fall and the least occurring in the summer.

“If you start warming the winters more, and the transitional seasons a little bit more, you’re basically flattening out the bell shape,” Myneni said. “The bell in the North is looking less like a bell shape.”

In effect, he said, climate change is giving the Arctic the temperature profile of the south.

Using satellite data, the team found the change that’s already happened is equivalent to about five degrees of latitude.

They then averaged 17 different climate models to suggest that by the end of the century, Victoria Island will have the same temperature profile as Wyoming.

What effect that will have on the plants and animals of the North is anyone’s guess, Myneni said. Shrubs are already growing further north.

Myneni points out that warmer temperatures don’t mean more hours of daylight. Nor will they improve thin Arctic soils or prevent melting permafrost from destabilizing the land.

There are too many variables in play to guess what’s going to grow in the North or how that will affect associated animals.

“The Arctic is a feast for twoand-a-half months,” Myneni said.

“There’s a tremendous amount of food available.”

Animals from birds to whales flock north to take advantage, but timing is everything.

“It’s seasonality that is important,” he said.

“Once you change seasonality, the whole food web is connected to that. We could not predict what the next 90 years will hold in terms of biology.”

More research on the future of the Arctic is needed to try and understand what’s in store, said Myneni.

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Amendments to both the East Hill Major Area Structure Plan and the Timberlands Town Centre Neighbourhood Area Structure Plan will be the focus of the public open house on March 14, from 2 to 7:30 p.m. at the Balmoral Bible Chapel, near the intersection of 55th Street and Rutherford Drive, with presentations going from 3 to 5 p.m.

Currently the city is in the process of reviewing and updating the primary documents that provide direction to developments in East Hill.

This is being done to incorporate the 2009 annexation area to the east, complete a comprehensive review of the existing structure plan and incorporate policy direction provided by council’s adopted planning tools.

Residents who attend the meeting will also have the chance to view changes to the adjustments to the Timberlands town centre and main street commercial areas.

These proposed changes include making the northern half of the subdivision a more walkable, environmentally sustainable community with less commercial and more residential and park space.

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Venezuela ponders life after Chavez “The graveyards are full of indis- successor, Nicolas Maduro, will win pensable men,” said Georges Clem- the next election. enceau, prime minster of Maduro will doubtless France during the First benefit from a certain symWorld War, and promptly pathy vote, but that effect died to prove his point. may be outweighed by the He was duly replaced, fact that Chavez is no lonand France was just fine ger there in person to work without him. his electoral magic.

Same goes for Hugo If his United Socialist Chavez and Venezuela.

Party of Venezuela (PSUV) “Comandante Presiwere to lose that election, it dente” Chavez’s death on would not be a tragedy.

Tuesday came as no surChavez was an unnecesprise. sarily combative and polarHe was clearly coming ising politician and a truly GWYNNE home to die when he reawful administrator, but he turned from his last bout of has actually achieved what DYER surgery in Cuba in Decemhe went into politics for. ber, and since then everyTwenty years ago Venbody in politics in Venezueezuelan politics was a corla has been pondering their rupt game fought out bepost-Chavez strategies. tween two factions of a narrow elite.

But none of them really knows what Now the task of using the country’s will happen in the election that will be oil wealth to improve the lives of the held by the end of April, let alone what poor majority is central to all political happens afterwards. debate in the country.

Venezuela never stopped being a In last year’s election, the Venezudemocracy despite 14 years of Chavez’s elan opposition parties managed to rule. He didn’t seize power. unite behind a single presidential canHe didn’t even rig elections, though didate, Enrique Capriles, whose politihe used the government’s money and cal platform was basically “Chavismo” privileged access to the media to good without the demagoguery. effect.

In previous elections, the opposiHe was elected president four times, tion had railed against Chavez’s “sothe first three with increasing majori- cialism” and Marxism, and lost by a ties — but the last time, in 2012, he fell wide margin. back sharply, only defeating his rival Capriles, by contrast, promised to by 54 percent-44 percent. retain most of Chavez’s social welfare That is certainly not a wide enough policies, and lost very narrowly. margin to guarantee that his appointed Over the past dozen years Chavez’s

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governments have poured almost $300 billion into improving literacy, extending high school education, creating a modern, universally accessible health-care system, build housing for the homeless, and subsidising household purchases from groceries to appliances.

What made that possible was not “socialism”, but Venezuela’s huge oil revenues.

Capriles had to promise to maintain these policies because the poor — and most Venezuelans are still poor — won’t vote for a candidate who would end all that.

He just said that he would spend that money more effectively, with less corruption, and a lot of people believed him.

It would not be hard to be more efficient than Chavez’s slapdash administration.

Venezuela today has the fairest distribution of wealth in the Americas, with the obvious exception of Canada.

Venezuela’s “Gini coefficient”, which measures the wealth gap between the rich and the poor, is 0.39, whereas the United States is 0.45 and Brazil, even after ten years of reforming left-wing governments, is still 0.52.

(A lower score means less inequality of income.)

For all of Chavez’s ranting about class struggle and his admiration for Fidel Castro, this was not achieved in Venezuela by taking money from the rich and giving it to the poor.

It was accomplished by spending the oil revenue differently.

He changed the political psychology of the country, and it now has the potential to be a Saudi Arabia with democracy.

That is not a bad thing to be, and the Venezuelan opposition has finally grasped that fact. It remains for Chavez’s own party to understand that it has actually won the war, and to stop re-fighting the old battles.

A spell in opposition might help it to come to terms with its proper role in the new Venezuelan political consensus: no longer an embattled “revolutionary” movement, but the more radical alternative in a more or less egalitarian democracy.

This will be hard for the PSUV to do, because the people around Chavez are still addicted to the rhetoric and the mindset of “struggle”against the forces of evil that they see on every side. Nicolas Maduro, for example, could not resist claiming that Chavez’s cancer had been induced by foul play

by Venezuela’s enemies when he announced the leader’s death.

One day, Maduro promised, a “scientific commission” would investigate whether Chavez’s illness was brought about by what he called an enemy attack, presumably by the United States.

Ridiculous, paranoid stuff, and it shows just how far the PSUV has to travel to take its proper place in a modern, democratic Venezuela. But the journey has begun, and it will probably get there in the end.

Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

LETTERS Taking exception to article on e-cigarettes I would like to take exception with what I thought was a most irresponsible article that was published on the front page of the Tuesday, March 5 edition of the Red Deer Advocate.

The article provided a very slanted and inaccurate portrayal of e-cigarettes. These devices were invented for the express purpose of providing a nicotine delivery system.

If you don’t believe me, look up U.S. patent number 7,832,410.

The fact that there are various candy-flavoured oils, both containing nicotine and nicotine-free, only serves to act as an enticement to the under-25 crowd to try it. It is the same strategy the tobacco companies are using with candy-flavoured cigars, which the federal government is now moving to ban.

Like candy-flavoured tobacco, these devices only serve as a gateway to smoking. There have been no clinical trials to show if they are in any way effective as a cessation product and therefore cannot be claimed as such.

What better way to glamorize this device than to have two attractive young women on the front page breaking the smoke free bylaw by using them.

They are in fact “smoking” under the smoke free bylaw 3345/2005 definitions section 2(s) by using them in a public place.

Using the term ‘vaping’ does not alter the fact that they are breaking the law and to say “they can be used anywhere” is patently false. The use of these devices has the same restrictions as any other smoking materials.

I would suggest that the editorial and journalistic staff could benefit by reading the local bylaw and doing a bit more in-depth research on the subject before rushing to press with a story.

I would like to ask the editorial staff to print a retraction of that article and correct these untrue statements.

Ron Baugh Red Deer Editor’s note: Greg Scott, Red Deer’s Community Services director, told the Advocate that e-cigarettes do not fall within the definition of smoking under the city’s smoke free bylaw.

Pipeline promoters ignore real driver of anti-Keystone activism TOM HARRIS SPECIAL TO THE ADVOCATE No sensible hockey coach would have his players cover everyone on the opposing team except their leading scorer.

That would be a recipe for losing the game, not to mention the coach’s job. Yet the Government of Canada is doing exactly that in their promotion of the crucially important Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta’s oil sands to refineries in the U.S. Rather than properly addressing the arguments from the strongest players on the anti-pipeline team — climate activists such as 350.org and the David Suzuki Foundation — the government mostly ignores the climate issue, choosing instead to promote the project in the same way they did before President Barack Obama rejected the pipeline in 2012.

But if Obama again cancels Keystone XL, it will almost certainly be because of the feared impact of oil sands expansion on climate change, not the points that the government is focusing on.

It is because of the climate issue that XL may not even get as far as the president this time. Although the U.S. State Department draft report on Keystone released last week gave a generally positive review of the project, as

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did their report in 2011, today’s Secretary of State, John Kerry, is a wellknown climate activist and he must approve the pipeline before the file can go to Obama.

In contrast to 2011 when then-Secretary Hilary Clinton came out in support of the project even before her department had approved it, Kerry remains non-committal. That he used his first major address as Secretary to make an urgent call for strong action on climate change should concern XL boosters.

Making matters worse is the fact that Obama no longer has to worry about getting elected and so can now do what he really wants. So the question becomes: which does the president think is more important, climate change or providing for America’s energy security?

Judging from his State of the Union and Inaugural addresses, his priority appears to be climate. This observation is reinforced by Obama’s war on coal-fired electricity generation. If his overriding concern were energy security, he would not be trying to kill coal, America’s leading source of electric power.

The U.S. has enough coal left in the ground to power the country for centuries and new technologies make it cleaner than ever before. Coupled with its long-term price stability, something not seen with natural gas or oil, coal

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But coal produces more carbon dioxide (CO2), the greenhouse gas (GHG) of most concern in the climate debate, than its competitors. The technology to capture CO2 from power plants and store it underground will not be possible on a large scale before the 2020s.

So the Obama administration wants to end coal usage in the U.S. no matter the consequence for energy security.

Anti-Keystone activists are similarly trying to kill the oil sands because the project produces more CO2 than conventional crude oil production. So they are working to prevent all methods of delivery of crude from the oil sands.

Yet pipeline supporters apparently believe that by merely showing that the project is economically beneficial, enhances energy security, is relatively safe and is coming from a country that respects human rights and the environment, that they will win the day. They are being dangerously naïve.

The government must adjust its marketing of the oil sands, Keystone XL included, to properly address climate change, the real reason Obama may again reject the project.

It is not enough to assert that the oil sands constitute only 0.1 per cent of world GHG emissions, as natural resources minister Joe Oliver did in Chicago on Tuesday. If humanity’s emissions were causing dangerous climate

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So the Government must help the public realize that the fundamental premise of the global warming movement is unfounded. The science is too immature to know the future of climate.

And climate control will remain science fiction for the foreseeable future so canceling valuable projects to try to ‘stop climate change’ is irresponsible.

All the government need do is convene open, unbiased public hearings into the climatic impact of the oil sands. Qualified scientists from all sides of the debate should be invited to testify so that the public will better understand the vast uncertainties in the field.

Support for expensive GHG reduction programs would consequently wither and the anti-Keystone campaign would fail without the government even committing themselves to a position on the science.

In the meantime, expectations that the outcome of the pipeline debate will be better this time around while still not addressing the major objection to the project is wishful thinking neither Canada nor the U.S. can afford.

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Parole Board tackles pardon backlog PROCESS EXPECTED TO TAKE TWO YEARS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Parole Board of Canada has begun to tackle a backlog of almost 22,000 pardon applications, many of which have been stuck in limbo for years.

The effort, which began with the hiring and training of 21 temporary, fulltime clerical staff and pardons officers in November and December, isn’t expected to clear the backlog for another two years, according to the board.

All the files pre-date the March 2012 omnibus Conservative crime bill, when the Harper government quadrupled the application fee to $631.

Those who applied under the higher fee are at the front of the line, having their criminal record suspensions handled within months.

But people like Luc, a 39-year-old

industrial mechanic who turned his life around in his early thirties after years of addiction, have been effectively sidelined.

Luc, whose longest jail stay was three months for burglary as an 18-year-old, paid $150 to apply for a pardon in 2010.

“It’s been three years and I’m just stuck here,” Luc, whose real name is being withheld to protect his privacy, told The Canadian Press.

“Yesterday, I had a job interview.

And the guy told me clearly: ‘As long as you have a record, I can’t pay you full salary, you have to fix this.’ He wants to see my pardon and all the papers so I can fit his hiring criteria.”

The Parole Board says all the backlogged files have been screened up to the eligibility stage, meaning the applications are fully in order, but they’re two or three years behind.

“Right now, the board is processing pardon applications accepted in March 2011 (for summary offences) and applications accepted in September

2010 (for indictable offences),” Parole Board spokeswoman Caroline Douglas said in an email.

The board expects it will take about three months to pass judgment on each backlogged application as it comes up, with longer wait times for bids that are being rejected.

The backlog is the result of a massive pardons crackdown sparked by a single, ugly case.

The Canadian Press revealed in May 2010 that Graham James, a former high-profile junior hockey coach convicted of sexually assaulting young players under his influence, had been quietly pardoned three years earlier.

At the time, James — whose victims included future NHLer Sheldon Kennedy — was facing fresh allegations, to which he has since pleaded guilty. The public outcry over his pardon prompted immediate political reaction.

The James case, and the hypothetical prospect of convicted schoolgirl killer Karla Homolka following a similar path, led Parliament in June 2010

to unanimously beef up the system by giving the Parole Board a new mandate to ensure no pardon would be granted that could bring the administration of justice into disrepute.

But the Conservative government was not finished.

A three-strikes rule was proposed, so that anyone with more than three convictions for indictable offences with two-year sentences (even if all served concurrently) could never be pardoned.

Certain offences, such as sex crimes against children, were made ineligible.

The crime-free cooling off period after a sentence was fully served was also increased to five years from three for lesser offences, and doubled to 10 years from five for indictable offences.

And the application fee — long set at an affordable $50 to reflect the notion that pardons benefit society as much as the individual — was jacked to $150 and then to $631.

Tweets from beyond the grave called ‘useful for the living’

Slain Quebec constable remembered as ‘superman’ BYTHE CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA, Ont. — A young constable gunned down in northern Quebec was remembered Saturday as a community-minded “superman” who packed a tremendous amount of living into his 27 years.

Steve Dery, a three-year veteran of the Kativik Regional Police Service — his first policing job — was shot and killed last week while answering a call at a home in the community of Kuujjuaq.

More than 800 police officers marched in procession behind a pipe band up Sussex Drive as Dery was accorded full police honours in the national capital, his home town.

All police funerals are family affairs, but Dery’s had a particular poignancy.

He was the second of three boys born to a former RCMP officer, and also has a cousin on the national police force in New Brunswick. One of Dery’s brothers is a firefighter in Ottawa.

A massive Canadian flag was hoisted from two aerial ladder trucks over the street outside the cathedral.

While Steve Dery was a dare devil — he’s participated in the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, and liked bungie jumping — he was also well versed in the dangers of policing.

It made for an extremely intimate funeral, despite the massive crowd.

Yet another Mountie, family friend Robert Leclerc, struggled to read a letter written this week by the slain constable’s Mountie father, Gilles Dery, who called his son a “great police officer. You are a hero.”

“You are so complete at 27 years of age,” wrote his admiring father.

He recalled his son’s prowess at every sport, from hockey to

TORONTO — Twitter fanatics can now rest in peace comfortably knowing that they can continue to tweet from beyond the grave.

Drew Matthews, 35, an avid Twitter user from Toronto is one Canadian who has signed up for a project that keeps a Twitter user’s account going after they die.

LivesOn, being developed by British ad agency Lean Mean Fighting Machine, will set up a second Twitter account that will add “—LIVESON” to the user’s current handle and study tweets, favourites, retweets, and even writing style in order to eventually begin replication.

Matthews says he tweets about 10 times per day and wonders how LivesOn will be able to mimic his style.

“Sometimes tweets are just movie or song quotes and sometimes it’s situational,” says Matthews.

“I tend to complain about a lot of stuff so I don’t know if (my LivesOn account) will be complaining until the end of time or if it knows I’ve tweeted about songs and it picks out other lyrics to post.”

Dave Bedwood, a LivesOn spokesman, says the accounts will begin generating tweets while the user is still alive as it continues to improve its mimicking of the user’s syntax.

“Once people get over the death question, there’s the fact that this will be very useful for the living,” he says.

“In fact it needs the living to work, they have to teach it and in doing so, it becomes an online twin.”

LivesOn accounts will be private and will only have one follower: the user that it’s mirroring.

When the user is deceased, a family member or close friend, who Bedwood calls an executor, can decide whether to make the account public so that tweets can continue to be generated from the afterlife.

“It’s all a very early beta version of the matrix,” says Bedwood.

Bedwood says LivesOn is more of an artificial intelligence experiment at the moment as research and development work is being done in partnership with Queen Mary University of London before programming begins later this month.

Currently only five people are working on the project and there are no plans to monetize it.

Company officials say that as of March 5, more than 7,000 users have signed up across the world.

LivesOn has drawn some negative attention, especially on Twitter where some users have tweeted about how the service is unnatural and scares them.

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Officer salute as the family of slain Kativik Regional police officer Steve Dery, leave the funeral at Notre-Dame Basilica in Ottawa on Saturday. baseball, lacrosse and rugby.

“Thank you for these memories,” Leclerc read from the letter, his voice faltering several times.

“I’m going to think of you every day.”

Dery and his partner came under fire after responding to a call at a residence in Kuujjuaq, a village with a population of 2,400, making it the largest community in the region.

His partner was seriously wounded.

A woman fled the residence unharmed while the man suspected of shooting the officers was found dead inside the house — an apparent suicide — hours later.

The chief of the Kativik Regional Police Service said working in a small isolated northern community where everyone knows everybody brought the force closer.

“These are the words we never

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS YELLOWKNIFE — Prime Minister Stephen Harper will travel to Yellowknife today to mark the end of talks granting province-like powers to the Northwest Territories.

Harper’s office confirmed Sunday that he will be present at the event, to be held at the territorial legislature.

The deal, which has been a top agenda item for territorial premiers stretching back two decades, will put control over northern resources in the hands of northerners for the first time.

It will also give them a big chunk of the royalties those resources produce, money that will also be shared with the N.W.T.’s aboriginal governments.

But Harper and N.W.T. Premier Bob McLeod won’t be signing its final version.

Today’s text is only the final draft reached by negotiators.

The deal will then go out for public consultation.

“The public will have unprecedented opportunities to have public engagement on this deal,” McLeod promised the territorial legislature last week.

McLeod has also promised MLAs will have a voice on the deal.

Backbench members of the legislature, who function as a kind of opposition in the N.W.T.’s non-party system of consensus government, have complained that the talks have been consistently conducted behind closed doors.

“It’s been 40 years and the public has had very little participation,” MLA Bob Bromley complained in the legislature on Thursday.

It’s not clear how much scope northerners and their elected representatives will have to affect any changes in the text to be signed today. Nor is it clear how those consultations will be carried out, or how the legislature will be involved.

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want to have to say,” Aileen MacKinnon told the cathedral filled with police.

“On Saturday, Mar. 2, I lost one of my boys when Constable Steven Dery lost his life by doing the job he loved.”

She called Dery “our superman.”

“We all wanted to work as hard as he worked.”

MacKinnon recalled a mother telling her about how Dery saved her suicidal 14-year-old daughter’s life.

And she described a young woman in court last week who tearfully told a judge that Dery’s last words to her were that he didn’t want to put her in jail.

“He knew the people of the community and he knew that what she needed was not to be put in jail,” said the police chief. “But that was his job.”

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Advocates want Chinese head tax apology from B.C. PREMIER CHRISTY CLARK WANTS TO AVOID ACCUSATIONS SHE IS PLAYING POLITICS WITH THE ISSUE

VANCOUVER — The grandson of an Chinese immigrant forced to pay a head tax says British Columbia’s premier shouldn’t let her political woes interfere with delivering a meaningful apology for the policy.

Victor Wong with the Chinese Canadian National Council is wondering about Christy Clark’s suggestion that the timing around an announcement for redress may be affected by the ethnic vote scandal that has rocked her government.

Clark made it clear on CTV’s Question Period on Sunday she may need to postpone making any apology so there won’t be any accusations that she is playing politics with the issue.

“I think it’s the right thing to do to apologize for the Chinese head tax, I am very committed to that,” she said.

“I think, though, the apology needs to be seen outside of politics. It needs to be an absolutely genuine apology and if the discussion about all the rest of this is going to taint that, I say we wait.”

Clark added that there are two MLAs in the Liberal caucus who are the children of those who paid the head tax, and that they are very passionate about seeing an apology through.

“They’ve been working at this for years.”

A Liberal government document surfaced in late February suggesting the party would attempt to gain “quick wins” at the ballot box in May by issuing formal apologies to ethnic communities for historic wrongs.

But Wong said members of his community see themselves as apart from the political firestorm because the government has already offered an apology several times.

“The main message to Christy Clark is to say, ‘premier, please meet with the head tax families ... and please appoint a representative to negotiation a genuine apology,” he said in an interview.

“If you say ’genuine apology,’ then we will take you at your word. If you mean genuine apology, then it has to be an apology that we’re willing to accept.”

He said apologies will be considered real if the government also offers the 3,000 Chinese-Canadian families that were affected a meaningful financial settlement.

“If we wanted just an apology, we would have got it back in 2011 or 2012 or early 2013,” he said.

“It’s been offered to us.

We’ve rejected it.”

Wong pointed to the federal government apology in 2006 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a model for the B.C. government to follow.

The Conservative government doled out payments of $20,000 to living Chinese head tax payers and to living spouses of deceased payers.

“I think the memo controversy has just been a distraction.,” he said. “From our angle, it has not affected us. Even if it was a real plan, it would not affect us.”

The ethnic vote scandal has forced Clark’s former deputy chief of staff and her multiculturalism minister to resign, as well as prompted an internal review.

The British Columbia government was the thoroughfare when immigrants arrived in Canada and received massive transfer payments back from Ottawa. Canada charged the head tax starting in the late 1800s to discourage immigration.

The council said that when the federal government collected a total of $23 million in head tax levies, it transferred about $8.5 million back to B.C., which would be worth upwards of $1 billion today.

His group began seeking compensation 30 years ago. Wong said getting settlements from B.C. would finally close a chapter in Canadian history.

Provincial cabinet minister Ida Chong, one of the children of the head tax payers, was not available for comment on Sunday. MLA Richard Lee also did not respond to requests for comment.

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Rebels get edged by Hitmen

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MALKIN SCRATCHED The Pittsburgh Penguins scratched reigning NHL MVP Evgeni Malkin from Sunday night’s game against the New York Islanders due to an upper body injury.

Malkin appeared to hurt his shoulder in the final minutes of regulation in a 5-4 overtime victory against Toronto on Saturday night when he collided with Maple Leafs forward James van Riemsdyk. Malkin returned to play one more shift but did not take the ice in overtime. Coach Dan Bylsma says Malkin will be re-evaluated late Sunday night, but added the injury was not related to the concussion Malkin sustained last month that forced him to miss four games. Malkin has five goals and 19 assists in 21 games this season.

Hitmen 4 Rebels 3 (OT) CALGARY — The Red Deer Rebels came out on the short end of their WHL meeting with the Calgary Hitmen Sunday at the Saddldome — falling 4-3 in overtime — but GM/ head coach Brent Sutter wasn’t crushed.

“We responded the right way tonight,” said Sutter, whose club rallied from a 3-1 deficit to get a late second-period goal from Mathew Dumba and a third-period tally from Brady Gaudet to get the game into extra time.

But a hooking call on Dumba with a mere five seconds left in the third led to Calgary’s winning goal, scored by Brooks Calder at 1:48 of overtime with seven seconds remaining in the infraction.

Tyson Ness, with a power-play marker 6:23 into the contest, staked the visitors to a 1-0 lead after one period. But the Hitmen answered back with three straight goals within a five-minute span of the second period — Cody Sylvester, Brooks Macek and Pavlo Padakin pulling the trigger.

Then, with Calgary’s Zane Jones off for roughing, Dumba connected at 17:43 to keep the Rebels within striking range heading into the third period.

“I thought our first period was fine, neither team had a lot of shots,” said Sutter, whose crew was outshot 6-2 in the opening 20 minutes. “But we weren’t great in the

second, we got back on our heels and they gained some momentum off of it.

“We regained our composure late in the period and got a big goal to get closer, then played a heck of a third period.”

Indeed, the Rebels outshot their hosts 15-5 in the third and got a goal from Gaudet, with assists from Dumba — his second of the game — and Wyatt Johnson at 10:03.

But that was it for the visitors, who came up short on a late power-play opportunity and were then assessed a crucial penalty when Dumba was fingered for hooking at 19:45.

“It was a bad penalty to take. He (Dumba was tired) and he should have made a simple play. But he tried to force something and took a bad penalty,” said Sutter.

Chris Driedger made 22 saves for the Hitmen before 10,719 fans. Patrik Bartosak stopped 27 shots for the Rebels, who clinched fourth place in the Eastern Conference with Friday’s 4-2 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes and can’t finish any higher.

“I was happy with how we responded and how we battled tonight in a game with a lot of intensity and emotion,” said Sutter. “Calgary is fighting for seeding in the second (playoff) round, assuming they get there.

“We can’t finish any higher than fourth, but like I told the players, it’s important that we don’t let any bad habits get into our game and it’s important that we keep our

Oilers hang on for win over Blackhawks

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Tuesday

● AJHL: Olds at Okotoks, fifth game of best-of-five South Division quarter-final, 7 p.m.

Wednesday

● Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, fourth game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, 8:15 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AAA hockey: Red Deer at Calgary Buffaloes, second game of best-of-five AMHL South Division final, 8:15 p.m., South Fish Creek Arena.

Thursday

● Heritage junior B hockey: Red Deer at Blackfalds, fifth game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, if necessary, 7:30 p.m. ● Bantam A hockey: Provincial championship at Stettler, first game at 4 p.m., last game at 7 p.m. ● Atom C hockey: Provincial championship at Sundre, games at 5 and 7:15 p.m. ● Atom D hockey: Provincial championship at Consort, games at 6 and 8:30 p.m.

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Chicago Blackhawks defenceman Nick Leddy battles Edmonton Oilers winger Jordan Eberle for the puck during the first period of an NHL game Sunday, in Chicago.

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Oilers 6 Blackhawks 5 CHICAGO — All the streaks are over.

The Chicago Blackhawks have lost in regulation at home and on the road, in consecutive games. Now they get a chance to rest.

Patrick Kane had two goals and an assist as the Blackhawks rallied after a terrible start, but Yann Davis made 10 saves in the third period to help the Edmonton Oilers hold on for a 6-5 victory on Sunday night.

“Definitely disappointed with the way we began the game,” Chicago coach Joel Quenneville said. “We’ve seen that movie before from them. I like the response though after that.”

Sam Gagner scored two of the Oilers’ four goals in the first period, helping Edmonton come up with a sorely needed victory.

The Oilers had dropped five in a row and six of seven on their franchise-record, ninegame road trip. They were shut out in each of the previous two games.

“It’s just a good feeling to come out with a win,” Gagner said. “We wanted to respond after the last couple of games and we did a good job of that in the first. We got away from it a bit in the last two periods, but we were able to hang on to the win and that’s the important thing.”

Ryan Whitney and Taylor Hall each had a goal and an assist for Edmonton, which is at Colorado on Tuesday before returning home. Captain Shawn Horcoff also scored as the Oilers went 3 for 4 on the power play.

“The explosion we had in the first period, you could see they were a little back on their heels coming off their loss in Colorado,” Oilers coach Ralph Krue-

ger said. “They were slightly flat and we really took the opportunity. I thought all of our goals tonight, all six, were excellent goals.”

Chicago set an NHL record by recording at least one point in the first 24 games of the season. The streak ended with a 6-2 loss at the Avalanche on Friday night, and the Blackhawks needed an entire period to find their footing in their seventh game in the past 11 days.

Now they’re off until they open a four-game road trip Thursday at Columbus.

“We’ve got to take advantage, take care of our bodies and get ready for Thursday,” captain Jonathan Toews said. “It’ll be nice.”

Back at home after their first regulation loss, the Blackhawks opened with their worst period of the season before putting together a spirited rally.

Kane, Marian Hossa, Sheldon Brookbank and Brent Seabrook scored during the second, and Kane added his team-best 14th of the season to get Chicago within one with 13 minutes left.

The Blackhawks kept up the pressure for the last part of the game, but couldn’t get the tying goal. Davis, who came in after Devan Dubnyk was hurt in the second period, finished with 21 saves.

“I think in the room we knew we were going to give it a play, especially after the first period,” Kane said. “It was an exciting end. When you’re down 4-0 and can come back to make it 6-5 you gotta have a little bit of a good feeling about that, just not a great start.”

Dubnyk made a nice pad save on Hossa before the posts were dislodged when the right winger and Edmonton centre Teemu Hartikainen converged on the goal.

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“We just have to make sure we continue to do things the right way.”

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EDMONTON — Brad Jacobs wasn’t born yet when Northern Ontario last won a Canadian men’s curling championship.

He arrived a few weeks after Al (The Iceman) Hackner stole a point in an extra end to beat Alberta’s Pat Ryan in 1985.

Twenty-eight years later, Jacobs and his Sault Ste. Marie team conquered a tough field at the 2013 Tim Hortons Brier and defeated Manitoba’s Jeff Stoughton 114 in Sunday’s final to win the Canadian title.

“It’s been too long since Northern Ontario’s held that Tankard,” Jacobs said, his voice shaking.

“To bring this back to Northern Ontario, to Sault Ste. Marie, it means the world to us.”

Jacobs, third Ryan shot in the fourth to Fry, second E.J. Harnden score three and lead 6-2. and lead Ryan Harnden Northern Ontario has the will represent Canada hitting game to defend a at the Ford World Men’s lead and did so.

Curling Championship “When you get a little from March 30 to April 7. bit behind, you’ve got to It’s the first Canadian make some really good men’s title for all four shots and it just doesn’t curlers. happen, it’s disappointAt 27, Jacobs is the ing,” Stoughton said. youngest skip to win the “I’m disappointed just Brier since Kevin Martin because the crowd came in 1991 at age 24. here to see a great game “I don’t even know and we certainly didn’t how to feel right now,” give them a great game.”

Jacobs said.

The Jacobs team was “ I t ’ s r e a l l y o v e r - considered a dark horse whelming what’s going contender in this Brier on.” field behind the more esThree-time Canadian tablished curling heavychampion Stoughton had weights of Stoughton, the hammer in the first defending Canadian and end, but Manitoba start- world champion Glenn ed cold. Northern Ontar- Howard of Ontario and io jumped all over their Alberta’s Martin, a fourmistakes with a steal of time champion. two points in the first Jacobs skipped Northend and another single ern Ontario to third in in the second. his debut as a skip in Jacobs chipped out a 2010.

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Team Northern Ontario members, from left, Brad Jacobs, Ryan Fry, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden hoist the Brier Tankard after defeating team Manitoba during the championship draw at the Tim Hortons Brier in Edmonton, Sunday.

B2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 11, 2013

Kings capture silver at nationals

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Lakers 3 Kings 0 WELLAND, Ont. — A lot of teams would be satisfied with the season the RDC Kings had.

The Kings won the Alberta Colleges Men’s Volleyball League title and placed second in the national finals.

But that’s not what they were looking for.

The Kings were more than a little disappointed following an 18-25, 21-25, 22-25 loss to the Nipissing University Lakers of North Bay, Ont., in the CCAA gold medal game Saturday.

“Unfortunately we weren’t at our best when it mattered the most,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “We had (six-foot-eight middle) Chris Osborn go down early with an ankle injury and while he tried to come back he wasn’t the same. It’s hard to say if that had a bearing on the outcome, but it didn’t help. Overall we weren’t where we needed to be against a solid Nipissing team.”

Schulha gave a lot of credit to the Ontario champions, who came into the tournament ranked third.

“They came into the final prepared and played well. Their blocking played a major role in the match.”

The Lakers were credited with 14 stuff blocks while RDC had six.

Other than that the statistics were fairly close, although the Kings did make 21 hitting errors, compared to 10 for the Lakers.

“Because of their big block we were trying to do too much and were making mistakes,” said Schulha.

“As well our serving wasn’t as tough as it needed to be, and neither was our passing.”

Chris Jones led the Kings with 13 kills, an ace and 10 digs while Tim Finnigan added 10 kills, an ace, five digs and two stuff blocks. Braden O’Toole added seven kills and two blocks.

“This is the best result we’re had since I took over (six years ago), but it’s still a bitter pill to swallow,” said Schulha. “It was a good run and makes everyone that much hungrier for next year. We definitely want

to continue to build on this and win the ACAC again and get back to the Canadians. This was OK, but not what we’re looking for at RDC and the guys know it.

“The guys who are returning understand what it takes.”

Kings setter Sam Brisbane was selected to the first all-star team with Finnigan and O’Toole on the second team.

The SAIT Trojans took bronze as they downed Vancouver Island University of Nanaimo 26-24, 25-18, 25-23. In the semifinals they stopped Capilano College of North Vancouver 23-25, 26-24, 25-17, 25-22.

Red Deer native and former King Darcee Froese was selected to the first all-star team and Scott Lesher of Lacombe was on the second team. ● Fraser Valley University of Abbotsford beat the homestanding Lakeland Rustlers 25-12, 25-10, 25-20 in the women’s final in Lloydminster.

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Tiger hits his stride with victory at Doral DORAL, Fla. — That red shirt is starting to look ruthless on Sunday again.

One year after Tiger Woods hobbled off the Blue Monster, he picked up the pace in his march to the Masters. Woods delivered two quick birdies to take the drama out of Doral, and two late bogeys only made his victory in the Cadillac Championship seem closer than it really was.

Woods had full control of his game and never let anyone get closer than three shots until he had locked up his 17th World Golf Championship title. With a conservative bogey that didn’t matter on the final hole, he closed with a 1-under 71.

For the first time in five years, Woods has two wins before the Masters.

And both of them were dominant.

“That’s how I know I can play,” Woods said. “That’s the thing. To be able to bring it out a couple times so far this year — and then be able to close and get the Ws on top of that — that’s nice. Any time I can win prior to Augusta, it always feels good.”

And to think it was one year ago Sunday that Woods withdrew after 11 holes in the final round at Doral because of tightness in his left Achilles tendon, the same injury that had cost him to sit out most of the previous summer. It created uncertainty about his health and whether he could ever get his game back.

False alarm.

Woods now has five wins in the last year, the most of anyone in the world, and he can return to No. 1 with a win at Bay Hill in two weeks.

He won by two shots over Steve Stricker, who might want to claim a share of this trophy.

Woods ran into Stricker on the putting green Wednesday afternoon, and in a 45-minute session, Stricker helped him with his posture over putts.

Woods left feeling as good as he did at Torrey Pines, where he won by four shots. And it showed. Woods made 27 birdies this week, one short of his personal best on the PGA Tour, and he took the fewest putts (100) over 72 holes in any tour event.

“Thank you to Steve for the putting lesson,” Woods said at the trophy presentation. “It was one of those weeks where I felt pretty good about how I was playing, made a few putts and got it rolling.”

Stricker, playing a part-time schedule, picked up his second runner-up finish in just three starts. He closed with a 68, and had no regrets about offering Woods some help.

“At times you kick yourself,” Stricker said with a laugh. “He’s a good friend. We talk a lot about putting. It’s good to see him playing well.”

Asked if he would have won without that chance meeting with Stricker, Woods hedged a little.

“I would like to say I probably would have, but ...” he said with a smile. “I’ve been putting at home and it just still hadn’t felt right. I still was a little bit off. ... He basically got me in the same position that I

was at Torrey. So once he put me in there where I felt comfortable, I said, ’Well, this is not too foreign. This is what I was a month or so ago.’ And I started rolling it and it felt really, really good.”

The Masters is a month away, and Woods is sure to be the favourite.

“Majors and World Golf Championships are the best because you know you are playing against the best players,” Woods said. “That’s what makes wins like this special.

That’s why I love to compete.”

Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 player in the world, showed signs of recovering from his rough start to the season. He had a 65 and tied for eighth.

Graeme McDowell, who started the final round four shots behind, made a birdie on the opening hole, but never got any closer.

McDowell had third place to himself until he went for the green on the 18th hole and found the water. He made double bogey, shot 72 and fell into a four-way tie for third that cost him $172,500.

Phil Mickelson (71), Sergio Garcia (69) and Adam Scott (64) also tied for third.

Woods improved to 41-2 on the PGA Tour when he had the outright lead going into the final round, the last two wins with McDowell at his side.

Woods last won while ahead at Bay Hill a year ago.

“The way Tiger was playing, I was always in chase mode,” McDowell said. “He was always going to be a tough guy to catch. Fair play to him. He played fantastic golf the last couple of days.”

Johnson leads Raptors to win over Cavs

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Raptors 100 Cavaliers 96 TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors had every reason to blow Sunday’s game.

Short-handed and tired after travelling through the night following Friday’s crushing loss in Los Angeles, coach Dwane Casey told his team at halftime he wouldn’t accept any excuses.

The Raptors listened, with Amir Johnson leading the way with 17 points and a career-tying 16 rebounds, to rally from a 17-point deficit to top the Cleveland Cavaliers 100-96 “It was like day and night, and I expected it just because of the schedule,” Casey said of the Raptors’ horrible first half. “Guys were groggy coming in, time change, whatever, we had every (excuse) to mail in this game.”

Six Raptors scored in double digits with Alan Anderson leading the way with 18 points — 10 of them in the fourth quarter. Kyle Lowry finished with 15, rookie Terrence Ross added 14, DeMar DeRozan scored 13 and Jonas Valanciunas chipped in 11 for the Raptors (25-39), who won for just the second time in eight outings despite missing Rudy Gay and Andrea Bargnani.

Lowry said that Casey came into the halftime dressing room with “a little bit of a fiery side to him.”

“Play with pride, he didn’t want

us to go out there and say ’Whatever, we lose, we lose,”’ Lowry said of the coach’s speech. “The team responded really well.”

Casey said it was Johnson — who also had three blocked shots — who set the tone for the hard-nosed secondhalf.

“He’s just an old vet. He’s one of the old guys but young guys at the same time,” Casey said. “He is a warrior, I’ve said that all year. This team is about experience and he’s got experience.

He’s seen everything. The one thing you are not going to beat Amir Johnson on is effort and fight and tonight it was contagious.”

Dion Waiters topped the Cavaliers (21-42) with 21 points, while C.J. Miles added 15. Brampton, Ont., native Tristan Thompson finished with 11 points.

Cavs star guard Kyrie Irving had 12 points before leaving the game late in the third quarter with a left shoulder contusion, suffered when he fell hard after a bone-rattling collision along the baseline with Valanciunas. Irving, who drained a three-pointer with less than a second on the clock to lead the Cavs over the Raptors on their last trip to Toronto, managed to make one of two one-handed free throws before heading to the training room.

“I wouldn’t call it a cheap shot or anything like that but I’ve done that play a lot of times and I’ve never come out feeling like this,” Irving said.

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Tiger Woods looks at his shot on the fourth green during the third round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Sunday, in Doral, Fla.

AAA MEN’S HOCKEY

Eagles get ticket to Allen Cup in series upset The Stony Plain Eagles punched their ticket to the Allan Cup tournament in the most unlikely fashion.

The Eagles downed the host Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs 4-1 Saturday to win the best-of-seven provincial senior AAA hockey semifinal 4-3, impressive considering Stony Plain trailed 3-0 at one point in the series.

Justin Cox tallied twice and Scott Gillis and Tylor Kellor also scored for the winners, who got a 30-save performance from Wade Waters. Mike Fiorillo potted the lone goal for the Chiefs, who got a 27-save outing from Blake Grenier.

Stony Plain pulled out a 3-2 win Saturday over the visiting Chiefs, as Blair Hennes, Jeff Yopyk and Doug Auchenberg notched unanswered goals within a four-minute span of the third period. Joshua Garneau and Trevor Kordyban had staked Fort Saskatchewan to a 2-0 lead.

Waters stopped 32 shots for the Eagles, while Chiefs netminder Jim Watt made 31 saves.

The Eagles will face the Bentley Generals in the best-of-seven provincial AAA final. Both clubs are guaranteed of a berth in the Allan Cup tournament, being hosted by the Generals April 15-20 at the Red Deer Arena.

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Hockey WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTLSOL GF dx-Edmonton 69 49 15 2 3 268 dx-Saskatoon 69 43 22 1 3 269 x-Calgary 69 44 20 1 4 251 x-Red Deer 70 39 24 5 2 206 x-Prince Albert 69 35 27 3 4 223 x-Swift Current 70 34 29 3 4 197 x-Medicine Hat 69 35 31 2 1 229 Kootenay 68 33 33 2 0 190 Lethbridge 68 26 32 3 7 197 Regina 69 25 36 4 4 189 Moose Jaw 69 23 36 4 6 171 Brandon 69 22 39 4 4 181

GA 150 209 193 196 221 189 228 207 237 255 245 277

New Jersey 26 N.Y. Rangers24 N.Y. Islanders26 Philadelphia 27

Monday’s games No Games Scheduled.

Tuesday’s games Medicine Hat at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 8:05 p.m.

Prince George at Spokane, 8:05 p.m.

Portland at Victoria, 8:05 p.m.

Pt 103 90 93 85 77 75 73 68 62 59 56 52

Wednesday’s games Prince Albert at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Sunday’s summary

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W LOTLSOL GF GA Pt y-Portland 68 53 12 1 2 310 158 109 dx-Kelowna 69 49 16 3 1 293 172 102 x-Kamloops 70 45 20 2 3 249 178 95 x-Spokane 68 41 25 2 0 253 218 84 x-Tri-City 68 40 24 1 3 236 203 84 x-Victoria 69 33 29 2 5 214 244 73 Seattle 69 23 37 7 2 193 269 55 Everett 69 24 39 2 4 161 255 54 Prince George 68 21 39 2 6 169 250 50 Vancouver 70 21 47 2 0 193 288 44 d — division leader; x — clinched playoff berth.

Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference regardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns.

Saturday’s results Swift Current 3 Brandon 2 Edmonton 4 Moose Jaw 1 Medicine Hat 2 Prince Albert 1 (OT) Saskatoon 8 Regina 7 (OT) Calgary 9 Lethbridge 0 Vancouver 3 Victoria 1 Kelowna 2 Kamloops 1 Everett 4 Seattle 3 Spokane 6 Kootenay 3 Prince George 3 Tri-City 2 (SO)

Hitmen 4, Rebels 3 (OT) First Period 1. Red Deer, Ness 18 (Dieno, Dumba) 6:23 (pp) Penalties — Helgesen Cal (tripping) 4:46, Fleury RD (cross-checking) 9:34, Underwood RD (roughing) 15:21.

Second Period 2. Calgary, Sylvester 38 (Humphries, Macek) 8:23 (pp) 3. Calgary, Macek 32 (Rask, Virtanen) 9:10 4. Calgary, Padakin 22 (Brooks) 13:01 5. Red Deer, Dumba 16 (Dieno) 17:43 (pp) Penalties — Mayor Cal (delay of game) 5:36, Dumba RD (tripping) 8:13, Dumba RD (holding) 9:15, Jones Cal (roughing) 17:24.

Third Period 6. Red Deer, Gaudet 5 (Dumba, Johnson) 10:03 Penalties — Padakin Cal (high-sticking) 17:49, Dumba RD (hooking) 19:55.

Overtime 7. Calgary, Brooks 2 (Roach, Virtanen) 1:48 (pp) Penalties — None.

Shots on goal Red Deer 2 8 16 — 26 Calgary 6 16 4 — 31 Goal — Red Deer: Bartosak (OTL,33-13-5); Calgary: Driedger (W,34-14-4).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Red Deer: 2-4; Calgary: 2-5.

Attendance — 10,792 at Calgary.

National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 26 18 8 0 36 97 76

Sunday’s results Calgary 4 Red Deer 3 (OT) Prince George 3 at Vancouver 5 Portland 5 at Victoria 2

12 13 11 12

9 9 12 14

5 2 3 1

29 28 25 25

65 63 77 75

75 58 88 82

Montreal Boston Toronto Ottawa Buffalo

GP 26 22 26 25 26

Northeast Division W L OT Pts 17 5 4 38 16 3 3 35 15 10 1 31 13 8 4 30 9 14 3 21

GF GA 84 66 67 48 79 70 59 51 67 83

Carolina Winnipeg Tampa Bay Washington Florida

Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts 24 14 9 1 29 25 12 11 2 26 25 10 14 1 21 24 10 13 1 21 26 7 13 6 20

GF GA 75 69 63 74 85 79 69 72 64 98

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 26 21 2 3 45 85 58 Detroit 26 12 9 5 29 68 66 St. Louis 25 13 10 2 28 76 77 Nashville 25 10 9 6 26 54 61 Columbus 26 10 12 4 24 61 72

Minnesota Vancouver Colorado Edmonton Calgary

Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts 24 13 9 2 28 24 11 7 6 28 24 10 10 4 24 25 9 11 5 23 23 9 10 4 22

GF GA 58 59 66 67 62 69 60 76 63 79

Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 24 18 3 3 39 85 62 Los Angeles 23 13 8 2 28 68 59 San Jose 24 11 7 6 28 56 57 Phoenix 25 12 10 3 27 72 72 Dallas 24 12 10 2 26 67 67 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Toronto 4, SO Minnesota 2, Nashville 1, SO Boston 3, Philadelphia 0 N.Y. Islanders 5, Washington 2

Baseball

Penalties — None Third Period 7. Los Angeles, Kopitar 8 (Williams) 3:53 8. Los Angeles, Fraser 2 (Nolan, Penner) 8:22 Penalties — Jackman Cal (fighting, major), Clifford LA (fighting, major) 8:40, Nolan LA (slashing) 18:43.

Shots on goal Calgary 7 7 5 — 19 Los Angeles 11 5 8 — 24 Goal (shots-saves) — Calgary: Kiprusoff (L,3-5-2) (22-16), MacDonald (11:38 third)(2-2); Los Angeles: Quick (W,8-7-2).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Calgary: 1-4; Los Angeles: 1-1.

Attendance — 18,248 (18,118).

Sunday’s Games Columbus 3, Detroit 2, SO New Jersey 3, Winnipeg 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 1 Montreal 5, Florida 2 Pittsburgh 6, N.Y. Islanders 1 Edmonton 6, Chicago 5 Philadelphia 3, Buffalo 2 Minnesota 4, Vancouver 2 Colorado 3, San Jose 2, OT Anaheim 4, St. Louis 2

Sunday’s summary

Monday’s Games Boston at Ottawa, 5:30 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 5 p.m.

Vancouver at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Boston at Pittsburgh, 5:30 p.m.

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

Toronto at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s summary Flames 2 at Kings 6 First Period 1. Los Angeles, Carter 17 (Brown, Voynov) 4:18 (pp) 2. Calgary, Cammalleri 9 (Wideman, Iginla) 7:24 (pp) 3. Los Angeles, Muzzin 5 (Fraser, Williams) 10:42 4. Los Angeles, Lewis 4 (Voynov) 18:23 5. Calgary, Tanguay 7 (Giordano, Stajan) 19:43 Penalties — Calgary bench (abuse of officials, served by Cervenka) 3:04, Voynov LA (interference) 6:09, Ellerby LA (boarding) 7:06, Stoll LA (face-off violation) 7:24.

Second Period 6. Los Angeles, Williams 3 (Voynov, Kopitar) 9:44

Oilers 6 at Blackhawks 5 First Period 1. Edmonton, Brown 1 (N.Schultz, Smyth) 2:24 2. Edmonton, Gagner 8 (Paajarvi, Yakupov) 3:00 3. Edmonton, Whitney 3 (Hall, Hemsky) 9:19 4. Edmonton, Gagner 9 (Whitney, Eberle) 12:22 (pp) Penalty — Mayers Chi (unsportsmanlike conduct) 12:02.

Second Period 5. Chicago, Kane 13 (Bolland) 5:36 6. Chicago, Hossa 11 (Toews, Leddy) 7:51 7. Edmonton, Horcoff 2 (Nugent-Hopkins, J.Schultz) 10:28 (pp) 8. Chicago, Brookbank 1 (Hossa) 15:05 (sh) 9. Edmonton, Hall 5 (Nugent-Hopkins, J.Schultz) 15:56 (pp) 10. Chicago, Seabrook 4 (Kane, Keith) 17:12 Penalties — Leddy Chi (holding) 8:31, Keith Chi (slashing) 14:22, Horcoff Edm (roughing), Shaw Chi (roughing) 17:29.

Third Period 11. Chicago, Kane 14 (Bolland, Saad) 7:06 (pp) Penalties — Smid Edm (interference) 5:46, N.Schultz Edm (broken stick) 12:15, Hossa Chi (goaltender interference) 15:57.

Shots on goal Edmonton 12 9 4 — 25 Chicago 6 20 11 — 37 Goal (shots-saves) — Edmonton: Dubnyk (13-11), Danis (W,1-0-0)(9:45 second)(24-21); Chicago: Emery (9-6), Crawford (L,11-2-3)(9:19 first)(16-13).

Power plays (goals-chances) — Edmonton: 3-4; Chicago: 1-2.

Attendance — 22,020 (19,717).

Basketball

Spring Training AMERICAN LEAGUE W L 13 1 10 3 11 5 11 5 11 6 7 5 9 7 9 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 6 8 4 11 3 10

Venezuela 1 2 Spain 0 3 x-advanced to second round

N.Y. Mets 3, St. Louis 0 Miami 10, Atlanta 2 Pittsburgh (ss) 5, Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 0 Chicago Cubs 9, San Diego 3 Kansas City 17, L.A. Angels 11 Cincinnati 7, Chicago White Sox (ss) 3 San Francisco 6, Milwaukee 1 Oakland 7, Arizona 5 Texas 7, Cleveland 6 Chicago White Sox (ss) 11, Seattle 7 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 1

Pct .929 .769 .688 .688 .647 .583 .563 .563 .500 .500 .500 .467 .429 .267 .231

GROUP D W L x-United States 2 1 x-Italy 2 1 Canada 1 2 Mexico 1 2 x-advanced to second round

World Baseball Classic FIRST ROUND GROUP A W L Pct x-Cuba 3 0 1.000 x-Japan 2 1 .667 China 1 2 .333 Brazil 0 3 .000 x-advanced to second round GROUP B W L x-Taiwan 2 1 x-Netherlands 2 1 South Korea 2 1 Australia 0 3 x-advanced to second round

Sunday’s Games Boston 6, Tampa Bay 2 Pittsburgh (ss) 7, Minnesota 4 Philadelphia 7, Houston 1 Detroit 2, Washington 1

x-Dominican Rep. x-Puerto Rico

Pct .667 .667 .667 .000

GROUP C W L Pct 2 0 1.000 2 0 1.000

Pct .667 .667 .333 .333

GB — — 1 1

Thursday, March 7 At Scottsdale, Ariz.

Italy 6, Mexico 5 Friday, March 8 At Phoenix Italy 14, Canada 4 At Phoenix Mexico 5, United States 2 Saturday, March 9 At Phoenix Canada 10, Mexico 3 United States 6, Italy 2 Sunday, March 10 At Phoenix United States 9, Canada 4

Tuesday’s Games St. Louis vs. Atlanta, 11:05 a.m.

Detroit vs. Philadelphia, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Tampa Bay, 11:05 a.m.

Houston vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m.

Toronto vs. Boston, 11:35 a.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. Seattle, 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Arizona (ss) vs. Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

San Diego vs. San Francisco, 8:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Cincinnati, 8:05 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Minnesota 5, Pittsburgh 4 Atlanta 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 4, Detroit 2 Washington 8, Miami (ss) 7 Tampa Bay 15, Philadelphia 7 St. Louis 2, Miami (ss) 0 N.Y. Mets 9, Houston 6 Cleveland 9, Chicago Cubs 2 Texas (ss) 5, San Diego 2 Cincinnati 6, Milwaukee 5 Texas (ss) 4, Oakland 3 Kansas City 13, San Francisco 2 Colorado 8, L.A. Angels 6 L.A. Dodgers 3, Seattle 2 Arizona 11, Chicago White Sox 9 Baltimore 5, Boston 2

1 1/2 2 1/2

At San Juan, Puerto Rico Saturday, March 9 Dominican Republic 6, Spain 3 Puerto Rico 6, Venezuela 3 Sunday, March 10 Venezuela 11, Spain 6 Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico, NA

Monday’s Games Boston vs. Miami, 11:05 a.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Detroit, 11:05 a.m.

Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, 11:05 a.m.

St. Louis vs. N.Y. Yankees, 11:05 a.m.

Atlanta vs. Washington, 11:05 a.m.

San Francisco vs. Texas, 2:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. San Diego, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Milwaukee, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. Chicago White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Tampa Bay, 5:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct St. Louis 8 6 .571 Colorado 7 6 .538 Los Angeles 6 6 .500 Atlanta 8 9 .471 Philadelphia 7 8 .467 Miami 6 7 .462 Washington 6 7 .462 New York 5 6 .455 San Diego 7 9 .438 Arizona 6 8 .429 Milwaukee 6 8 .429 San Francisco 5 7 .417 Chicago 6 10 .375 Pittsburgh 6 10 .375 Cincinnati 4 11 .267 NOTE: Split-squad games count in the standings; games against non-major league teams do not.

.333 .000

SECOND ROUND GROUP ONE At Tokyo Thursday, March 7 Netherlands 6, Cuba 2 Friday, March 8 Japan 4, Taiwan 3, 10 innings Saturday, March 9 Cuba 14, Taiwan 0 Sunday, March 10 Japan 16, Netherlands 4 Monday, March 11 Cuba vs. Netherlands Tuesday, March 12 Game 5 winner vs. Japan, 6 a.m.

GB — 1 2 3

GB — — — 2 1/2

GB — —

GROUP TWO At Miami Tuesday, March 12 Italy vs. Group C winner, 1 p.m.

Group C runner-up vs. United States, 8 p.m.

Wednesday, March 13 Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser, 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 14 Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 7 p.m.

Golf PGA-Cadillac Championship Sunday At Doral, Fla. Trump Doral Golf Club and Resort Purse—US$8.75 million Yardage—7,334; Par—72 Final Round Tiger Woods, $1,500,000 66-65-67-71 — Steve Stricker, $880,000 67-67-69-68 — Sergio Garcia, $417,500 66-72-67-69 — Graeme McDowell, $417,500 66-67-69-72 — Phil Mickelson, $417,500 67-67-69-71 — Adam Scott, $417,500 72-70-68-64 — Keegan Bradley, $240,000 68-68-69-71 — Peter Hanson, $163,750 67-71-70-70 — Rory McIlroy, $163,750 73-69-71-65 — Justin Rose, $163,750 68-72-70-68 — Michael Thompson, $163,750 69-69-67-73 — Jason Dufner, $113,750 69-69-69-72 — Charles Howell III, $113,750 68-71-69-71 — Dustin Johnson, $113,750 68-69-70-72 — Richard Sterne, $113,750 70-71-71-67 — Freddie Jacobson, $98,000 66-69-71-74 — Charl Schwartzel, $98,000 71-65-69-75 —

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Nicolas Colsaerts, $93,000 Bubba Watson, $93,000 Alexander Noren, $88,000 John Senden, $88,000 Webb Simpson, $88,000 Scott Jamieson, $83,000 Matteo Manassero, $83,000 Hunter Mahan, $79,000 Scott Piercy, $79,000 Lee Westwood, $79,000 Ernie Els, $75,000 Russell Henley, $75,000 John Huh, $75,000 Francesco Molinari, $75,000 Ian Poulter, $75,000 Jason Day, $71,500 Louis Oosthuizen, $71,500 Rickie Fowler, $68,500 Jim Furyk, $68,500 Brian Gay, $68,500 Matt Kuchar, $68,500 Padraig Harrington, $64,500 David Lynn, $64,500 Marcel Siem, $64,500

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National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct GB New York 38 22 .633 — Brooklyn 37 26 .587 2 Boston 34 28 .548 5 Toronto 25 39 .391 15 Philadelphia 23 39 .371 16 Southeast Division W L Pct GB 47 14 .770 — 34 28 .548 13 20 41 .328 27 18 46 .281 30 13 50 .206 35

x-Miami Atlanta Washington Orlando Charlotte

Central Division W L Pct 39 24 .619 35 28 .556 32 29 .525 23 41 .359 21 42 .333

Indiana Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

800m, 2:49.52; 10th shot put, 5.65m; 14th medicine ball throw, 3.89m; 14th high jump, 1.10m.

Midget Natalie Frenette: 12th long jump, 4.11m.

Mya Little: seventh 200m, 28.01; seventh 300m, 45.40; 12th 60m dash, 8.57 seconds.

Youth Blaire Biggs: eighth shot put, 7.57m.

Mattison Dewald: seventh long jump, 4.08m; seventh shot put, 8.37m.

Halley Flexhaug: third triple jump, 10.40m; fifth 60m hurdles, 9.91 seconds.

Jodi Huston: fourth long jump, 4.68m; 11th 60m, 8.43 seconds.

Emily Lucas: second 3,000m 10:48.35; fifth 1,500m, 5:05.23.

Junior Chantelle Kent: sixth 60m, 8.30 seconds; fourth long jump, 4.68m; 15th 200m, 29.12.

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Saturday’s Games Brooklyn 93, Atlanta 80 New York 113, Utah 84 Memphis 96, New Orleans 85 Washington 104, Charlotte 87 Denver 111, Minnesota 88 Phoenix 107, Houston 105 Milwaukee 103, Golden State 93 Sunday’s Games Oklahoma City 91, Boston 79 L.A. Lakers 90, Chicago 81 Miami 105, Indiana 91 Toronto 100, Cleveland 96 Orlando 99, Philadelphia 91 Dallas 100, Minnesota 77 New Orleans 98, Portland 96 Milwaukee 115, Sacramento 113 Detroit at L.A. Clippers, Late Monday’s Games Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Utah, 7 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

New York at Golden State, 8:30 p.m.

Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Montreal 2 2 0 0 3 1 Houston 1 1 0 0 2 0 New England 1 1 0 0 1 0 Columbus 2 1 1 0 4 2 Kansas City 2 1 1 0 4 3 Philadelphia 2 1 1 0 3 4 Toronto 2 1 1 0 2 2 D.C. United 2 1 1 0 1 2 New York 1 0 0 1 3 3 Chicago 2 0 2 0 0 5

Pt 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L T GF GA Vancouver 2 2 0 0 3 1 Los Angeles 1 1 0 0 4 0 Chivas USA 2 1 1 0 3 4 Real Salt Lake 2 1 1 0 2 1 Dallas 2 1 1 0 2 3 Portland 2 0 1 1 4 5 Seattle 1 0 1 0 0 1

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New England at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.

Colorado at Real Salt Lake, 4 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 6 p.m.

Lacrosse GP Toronto 10 Philadelphia 9 Buffalo 10 Rochester 9

Washington Calgary Edmonton Minnesota Colorado

GP 11 11 10 10 10

NLL East Division W L Pct. 7 3 .667 5 4 .556 5 5 .500 4 5 .444

GF GA GB 124 109 — 97 111 1 1/2 109 122 2 100 92 2 1/2

West Division W L Pct. GF 7 4 .636 138 6 5 .545 160 5 5 .500 129 3 7 .300 122 3 7 .300 111

GA GB 128 — 151 1 111 1 1/2 136 3 1/2 130 3

Week 10 Saturday’s results Colorado 12 Buffalo 6 Washington 16 Philadelphia 10 Friday’s results Calgary 19 Minnesota 15 Toronto 14 Colorado 10 Week 11 Saturday, March 16 Toronto at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.

Edmonton at Rochester, 5:30 p.m.

Washington at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Colorado, 7 p.m.

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Fencing club captures 8 medals in Edmonton EDMONTON — The Red Deer Fencing Club captured three gold, four silver and a bronze in the epee division at the Wetterberg Open during the weekend.

Devyn Hurry won the U17 men’s title and was second to teammate Zac Zanussi in the U20 men’s division. Zanussi was third in the open men’s division.

Riley Norman won the U15 men’s title while Josh Balantine was second in the U15 and U17 divisions.

Nathaniel Johnson was second in the open category.

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Track and Field Alberta Indoor Track and Field Red Deer Titans Results Male Peewee Quin Eberts: ninth long jump, 3.03m; ninth 600m, 2:28.24; 12th standing long jump, 1.55m; 13th medicine ball throw, 3.32m; 14th 60m dash, 11.02 seconds; 15th shot put, 4.90m.

Midget Jacob Stephan: 15th 1,200m, 4:23.3.

Youth Brayden Posyluzny: first long jump, 6.12m; second triple jump, 11.86; second 60m hurdles, 9.44 seconds; third high jump, 1.60m; third shot put, 11.60m; 14th 60m, 7.56 seconds.

Cole Sugdon: ninth long jump, 5.40m; 14th 200m, 25.51.

Female Bantam Georgia Biggs: eighth 600m, 1:56.42; ninth

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Rebels get comeback win over Calgary REBECCA SMITH

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Rebecca Smith of the Red Deer Catalina Swim Club turned in a spectacular performance at the Alberta Age Group championships.

Smith captured seven gold medals, winning the 50, 400 and 800metre freestyle, 50 and 100m butterfly, 100m backstroke and 100m Individual Medley.

She also set provincial records in the 11-12 year-old girls’ 50m freestyle (26.98 seconds), the 100m freestyle (58.77 seconds) and the 50m butterfly (29.66 seconds) along with eight club records.

Smith was also one of six club members selected to Alberta’s Prospects West Tour team and five competitors named to the Team North Alberta team. Earlier at the Western Canadian Championships, the 12-year-old Smith broke the 28-year-old Canadian National Age Group record for 11-12 year-old girls in the 200m backstroke in a time of 2:17.96.

THIS WEEK Friday

● Atom A hockey: Provincial championship at Lacombe, first game at 8 a.m., last game at 5:45 p.m. ● Atom C hockey: Provincial championship at Sundre, first game at 8 a.m., last game at 3 p.m. ● Bantam A hockey: Provincial championship at Stettler, first game at 9 a.m., last game at 7:45 p.m. ● Atom D hockey: Provincial championship at Consort, first game at 9 a.m., last game at 6 p.m. ● WHL: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Midget AAA hockey: Calgary Buffaloes at Red Deer, third game of best-of-five AMHL South Division final, 8 p.m., Arena.

Saturday

● Atom A hockey: Provincial championship at Lacombe, first game at 8 a.m., last game at 5:45 p.m. ● Atom C hockey: Provincial championship at Sundre, first game at 8 a.m., last game at 7:15 p.m. ● Bantam A hockey: Provincial championship at Stettler, first game at 9 a.m., last game at 7:45 p.m. ● Atom D hockey: Provincial championship at Consort, first game at 9 a.m., last game at 6 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Edmonton, 7 p.m., Rexall Place (The Drive).

Heritage junior B hockey: Blackfalds at Red Deer, sixth game of best-of-seven Northern Division final, if necessary, 8 p.m., Arena.

Photo by CARSON PAPKE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs forward Dustin Gorgi finishes off a goal past Calgary Buffalos goaltender Keelan Williams to tie the game a 2-2 in the second period. The two teams met for the first game of the AMHL south division final at the Arena, Sunday. Red Deer won the game 5-4 in overtime.

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Rebels 5 Buffaloes 4 (OT) The way the Red Deer Optimist Rebels Chiefs opened their Alberta Midget Hockey League playoff series against the Calgary Buffaloes at the Arena Sunday afternoon it made you wonder which team was the regular season champions.

The Buffaloes, who needed five games to get past the Calgary Royals in their last playoff series, stormed out of the gate and grabbed a 2-0 lead before the game was six minutes old.

However, that seemed to wake the defending national champion Rebels up and while they eventually needed an overtime goal by Jordie Lawson to pull out a 5-4 victory, they slowly took control of the period and the game.

“I certainly didn’t like the start,” said Rebels head coach Doug Quinn. “I thought the Buffaloes came out with a lot of intensity and a lot of work ethic

while our guys were tentative and didn’t play well. But once we settled into the game we kept getting stronger and stronger.”

“It was pretty scary early on, but we worked hard and came together at the end,” said Lawson, who tied the game on a scramble at 9:46 of the third period and notched the winner on the power play at 3:50 of the 10-minute first overtime period, once again on a scramble.

“The big thing was I kept working and kept getting the pucks to the net,” he explained.

“But I certainly wasn’t good in the first period, I was pretty bad. Doug told me and I was able to turn it around.”

While Lawson, a native of Rimbey, who played on the provincial 15-year-old champion IROC Chiefs last season, scored two important goals, the biggest may have Jacob Schofield’s marker with 2.1 seconds remaining in the second period.

“That was a game-changer,” said Lawson. “Without it we were down two and it would

have been hard to come back.”

“Jake’s goal was huge,” agreed Quinn. “We played well in the second period, but it’s playoff hockey and they got a little break and scored a couple and for us to come back and score just before the end of the period was big.”

The goal also seemed to deflate the Buffaloes, who left the ice with their heads down.

“We seen that and took advantage of it,” added Lawson, who felt the team took 10 minutes in the first period to get back into the swing of things after a week off.

“This is another step up from our first series and I thought we had to adjust to the level of speed.”

Goaltender Matt Zentner also seemed to be surprised at the level of intensity. He would have liked both the Buffaloes first two goals back and possibly their fourth marker that beat him high to the glove side from outside the circle.

“There were a couple he would have liked back, but you

talk about the saves goalies make and when they make them and when it was 4-4 Matt made a couple key saves,” said Quinn.

Nicholas Herman and Alex Wilkinson made it 2-0 for Calgary before Sick scored in the first period and Dustin Gorgi evened the count on the power play at 6:50 of the middle stanza. However, Wilkinson put the Buffaloes ahead at 10:13 when Red Deer was caught on a line change and Calgary enjoyed a two-man breakaway. Braylon Shmyr made it 4-2 before Schofield’s marker.

Then Lawson took over.

“Jordie is one of those players who really developed throughout the year,” said Quinn. “He got bigger and stronger and while he didn’t score much the first half of the year he definitely has been (scoring) in the second half and those where two big goals.”

Lawson felt it took him half a season to adapt to the league.

“The first half I was on the fourth line in a checking role a lot and at the Mac’s tournament Doug moved me up, took a chance, and it seemed to work.”

“He has been strong on the power play for sure,” added Quinn.

“I just park my butt in front and try to tip the shots and get rebounds,” said Lawson with a smile. “You need that against their goalie. He’s big and we have to get traffic in there and make it hard for him to see.”

The Rebels scored three times on the power play, something Quinn knows could be key in the series.

“They’re a physical, aggressive team and if they take penalties it’s nice to capitalize on them,” he said. ● Zentner finished with 19 saves while his mates had 54 on Keelan Williams . . . The second game of the series goes Wednesday in Calgary with the third game Friday at 8 p.m. at the Arena . . . If a fourth game is necessary it’s Sunday in Calgary with a fifth, if needed, March 19 at 7:30 p.m. at the Arena . . . The Edmonton Southside Boston Pizza Athletics won the opening game of the north final, 2-1 in double overtime against Lloydminster. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Wranglers put Vipers on brink of elimination KAMBEITZ OT GOAL GIVES WRANGLERS 3-0 SERIES CHOKEHOLD IN NORTH DIVISION FINAL

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Wranglers 6 Vipers 5 (OT) BLACKFALDS — The Blackfalds Wranglers have pretty much corralled the Red Deer Vipers.

Jared Kambeitz scored on a wrap-around at 6:35 of overtime Sunday to give the Wranglers a 6-5 win over the Vipers and a 3-0 chokehold in the best-of-seven Heritage Junior B Hockey League Northern Division final.

Game 4 goes Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. at the Red Deer Arena. “It was a really big win for the boys, to come back after facing some adversity,” said Wranglers captain Jared Williams, who fired three goals and assisted on a pair.

Williams was referring to a 3-0 deficit the Wranglers experienced in the opening frame, before his goal at 18:31 gave the hosts some life heading into the first intermission.

“They (Vipers) came out hard and we kind of dozed off for a bit,” said Williams.

“But we battled back and they kept pushing, too. They definitely didn’t back off. Our forecheck eventually outdid their defence and it paid off tonight.”

Despite being down 3-0 and then 3-1 at

MINOR HOCKEY Minor midget AAA The Red Deer IROC Chiefs, with Drew Joslin potting their lone goal and Dalyn Haire making 31 saves, fell 2-1 to the Medicine Hat Hounds in the consolation final of the South Division Sutter Cup tournament at Lethbridge during the weekend.

IROC posted a 3-0 record in round-robin play in the consolation side of the event, opening with a 10-1 pasting of the Calgary Blazers as Bradley Makofka fired three goals, Joslin, Ty Wagar, Nick Knezacek, Andrew Perry, Kirt Fortney, Quentin Greenwood and Ryley Smith added singles and Carson Franks made 25 saves.

From there, Makofka netted four goals as IROC downed the Calgary Canucks 7-5 and recorded a hat trick in a 6-5 victory over the Calgary Blackhawks.

Perry, Greenwood and Keenan Scott also scored against the Canucks, with Haire and Franks combining to make 38 saves. Greenwood, with two goals, and Knezacek scored and

the end of the opening frame, Williams said the Wranglers weren’t overly worried.

“We have a lot of guys in the room who have gone far in the playoffs,” he said. “I’ve been fortunate enough in my first three years with the Wranglers to make provincials every time.

“We have a lot of guys who know how to play in those key minutes of the game . . . we know what to do. There was no freaking out when we were down. It was just good to see the guys battle back like that.”

With the Wranglers playing with little to no discipline early, the Vipers staked themselves to a three-goal lead in the first 15 minutes on an even-strength goal from Chris Robertson and power-play tallies from Jeff Kohut and Kolton Gillett.

But the visitors then ran into penalty problems, which led to Williams’ late firstperiod goal and then four more — including three with a man advantage — in the first 3:16 of the second period.

Williams potted his second of the game a mere 18 seconds into the second frame.

From there, Taylor Mulder scored at 1:46, Tyler Loomer connected at 2:12 and Williams completed his hat trick 64 second later for a 5-3 Blackfalds lead.

“We were kind of hot-headed early in the game,” said Williams.

“Red Deer’s game is about trying to make

Frank made 28 saves in the win over the Blackhawks.

Makofka led the tournament in scoring with 10 goals, followed by teammate Smith, who finished with a goal and nine assists. Greenwood was third in tournament scoring with four goals and four helpers and Fortney was seventh with one goal and five assists.

Meanwhile, the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs finished 0-3 on the championship side of the tournament.

Layne Bensmiller notched both Northstar goals and Branden Bilodau stopped 24 shots in a 6-2 loss to the Airdrie/Cochrane Avalanche, and Mick Differenz scored twice, Chase Olsen also tallied and Brody Dirk made 32 saves in a 4-3 loss to Lethbridge.

The Chiefs dropped their final game 4-2 to the Rockyview Raiders, getting goals from Bensmiller and Chad Gross and a 25-save performance from Bilodeau.

Airdrie-Cochrane downed the Calgary Blue 3-2 in the championship contest.

Midget AA Justis Lowry scored in the

us mad and they do a good job of that. When we play to their level, taking dirty penalties behind the play, it definitely pays off for them.

“We beared down and mostly stayed out of the penalty box in the second half of the game.”

The Vipers got a late-second period goal from Nick Glackin to pull within one, and Cole DeGraaf tallied at 15:31 of the third period — beating Wranglers netminder Layne Swier to the short side after taking a corner pass from captain Braden Corbett — to force overtime.

Swier finished with 27 saves, while Jayden Adrian stopped 33 shots for the Vipers.

The Northern Division winner will likely face the Okotoks Bisons in the league championship series. Okotoks lead the Southern final 3-0 over the Medicine Hat Cubs. ● Blackfalds took a 2-0 lead in the Northern final Saturday, directing 61 shots at Vipers netminder Brendan Mandrusiak in a 4-1 win at the Arena.

Scoring for the Wranglers were Trent Hermary, Stephen Pietsch, Loomer and Williams (power play, empty net). DeGraaf had the lone Red Deer goal.

Garret Montour made 28 saves for Blackfalds. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.co

second overtime period Sunday to lift the visiting Sylvan Lake Lakers past the Red Deer Elks 4-3 and into a berth in the South Central League final.

Tyler Yach, with two goals, and Draven Jerry also scored for the Lakers, who swept the best-of-three Northern Conference final. Tyler Chavez-Leech, Matthew Thiesen and Derrick Morrell tallied for the Elks.

Nicholas Herrebrugh came up big in the Lakers’ net, turning aside 36 shots. Brady Jewan was also strong at the other end, making 38 saves.

Sylvan Lake opened the series with a 7-3 home-ice win Saturday, getting three goals from Travis Mayan and singles off the sticks of Yach, Brody Bolton, Keelan Ellerby and Matt Johnson. Jaye Sutherland, Connor Einhorn and Kwyn Hiebert replied for Red Deer.

Lakers netminder Brett Frisneth made 33 saves. Nicholas Galenzoski blocked 40 shots for the Elks.

Major Bantam Girls The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs lost 2-0 on the road Friday and 3-2 in triple overtime at home Sunday and were elimi-

nated in a best-of-three South Division playoff series.

Christina Boulton made 25 saves in the shutout, while her teammates had 27 shots on goal.

On Saturday, Mikaela Reay and Skylar Colonna scored for the Chiefs, who were within seven seconds of the win. However, Chantal Ricker tied the game for Calgary and won it at 16:38 of the third overtime period.

Alexandra Galenzoski made 42 saves for Red Deer, who had 40 shots on goal.

Bantam AA The Wheatland Warriors downed the visiting Sylvan Lake Lakers 6-3 Sunday to win the best-of-three South Central League Northern Conference final 2-0.

Scoring for the Lakers were Carson Lukocs, with two goals, and Ryan Chambers. Shae Herbert and Mitch Goodwin combined to make 29 saves for the Lakers, who outshot Wheatland 38-37.

The Warriors opened the series with a 4-3 win Saturday at Sylvan Lake. Scoring for the Lakers were Chambers, Landon Siegle and Gunnar Kasha, while Herbert made 25 saves.

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Queens eliminated from playoffs RDC HOCKEY

BY DANNY RODE ADVOCATE STAFF Ooks 4 Queens 1 It was a disappointing loss for the RDC Queens in more ways than one.

Not only did the 4-1 loss to the NAIT Ooks before over 200 fans at the Arena Saturday afternoon eliminate the Queens from the best-of-five Alberta Colleges Women’s Hockey League final 3-1, but it was the final game for head coach Trevor Keeper.

Keeper moves on to the RDC Kings program next season, but in his two years with the Queens he made a positive impression.

“He did a lot for us in the two years,” said Queens captain and third-year centre Rachael Hoppins.

“He did an awesome job recruiting and building the team. But we’re excited to see who comes in and hopefully they do just as good a job.”

Keeper felt good about how far the Queens came in two seasons. Last year, as mainly a rookie team, they turned in an outstanding second half to make the playoffs before losing to eventual champion Mount Royal. This year they finished the second place one point back of NAIT and then beating Grant MacEwan in the semifinals before falling to the Ooks.

“The staff, which includes myself, are proud of what we accomplished,” Keeper said. “Today is kind of bitter sweet in that I’m moving on to the men’s program. We’ll look back next year and I’m sure will be a bit jealous as we’ll be just starting out and they’ll be strong. But I’ll still feel part of this program as I’m

part of RDC and I’m excited how well we’ve done.”

Keeper was naturally disappointed after Saturday’s loss.

“Anytime you finish anywhere but first you’re disappointed,” he said. “But as a coach the important thing is how well you played and did you over achieve from what the group is capable of and we did that this year.”

He liked the fact the team took a step up this year and with a solid nucleus returning he expects them to continue to improve.

“Hopefully they build on this year,” he said.

“Once they’ve been there they know what to do to get back and win the final. This was a great series and the girls who have been here this year can take that experience and take it a step farther.”

Ooks head coach Deanna Iwanicka had a veteran team with 12 players in at least their third season and felt a loss in last year’s semifinals was a stepping stone for them.

“We felt we shouldn’t have lost and that motivated us,” she said.

But for the first period Saturday it looked as if the Queens had all the motivation as they held an 18-7 edge in shots and grabbed a 1-0 lead on Jade Petrie’s power play goal.

However, things changed drastically in the second period with the Ooks outshooting the Queens 23-2 and scoring three times.

“They forechecked a lot harder in the second and hemmed us in,” said Keeper. ‘They’re an opportunistic team and have several key players who can score, which showed. In the third we came back and outshot them, but the second period was the turning point.”

Danielle Brown tied the game at 7:37 of the middle stanza with Michelle Pochapsky adding goals at 14:39 and 16:23. Pochapsky completed the scoring in

the third period.

“The first period we played like we were afraid to lose,” said Iwanicka. “Individually we wanted it, but we weren’t playing as a team. We talked after the first period to do what made us successful and we came out, played a strong second period and made a statement.”

“NAIT’s a great team with a lot of offensive talent, but we battled hard,” said Hoppins. “We overcame a lot of adversity last night (Friday’s 3-2 win at NAIT) and take away the second period today and we’re right there.

“It’s disappointing, but we came a long way this season. When you look back it’s amazing how much we accomplished and as the coaches tell us 20 years from now we won’t remember the wins or losses, but we’ll remember everyone in that room and that’s what matters.”

Hoppins will be back next season as will many of her teammates.

Keeper has already done most of the recruiting.

“We’re set with recruits, although a couple of them are still on the fence,” he said. “We could use those one or two more, but the new coach may know of a couple of girls as well.”

The new coach should be in place shortly.

As for the men Keeper has 12 commitments for next season and will need 10 or 11 more.

‘It’ll come down toward the end of the season before some guys make a commitment,” he said. ● Queens rookie centre Ashley Graf injured he leg in the first period and was helped off, but return in the second despite possibly having a broken leg . . . “She’ was hobbling, but she’s the type of player who’ll be out there if the medical staff says she can play,” said Keeper . . . Camille Trautman finished with 31 saves while Jill Diachuk had 26. drode@reddeeradvocate.com for the Grizzlys were Brandon Clowes, Dylan Hubbs, Tony Keeler and Blair Oneschuk. Hamilton blocked 28 shots for Okotoks. Jemieff and Jake Tamagi teamed up to make 36 saves for Olds.

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BRIEFS Grizzlys force deciding game in quarter-final series OLDS — The Olds Grizzlys got a three-goal performance from Matthew Marcinew and downed the Okotoks Oilers 4-2 Sunday to force a fifth and deciding game in a best-of-five AJHL

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OILERS: Injury Hartikainen practically skated over the prone Dubnyk, who was down for several minutes before he was escorted from the ice.

A trainer appeared to be examining Dubnyk’s head and neck.

“We don’t see any signs of head injury,” Krueger said. “We didn’t see anything but a situation where there was a lot of risk in putting him back in there. With that kind of impact, we need some time overnight to fully assess him in the morning.”

The Blackhawks looked slow and listless on defence as Edmonton skated free all over the ice in the first. Ray Emery was pulled midway through the period, marking the second straight time that Quenneville yanked his starting goaltender from the game.

Mike Brown and Gagner scored 36 seconds apart to make it 2-0 just three minutes into the game. Whitney then got open along the left side of the goal and converted a cross-ice pass from Hall to make it 3-0 at 9:19, chasing Emery from the game.

Corey Crawford came in and shut out the Oilers for three minutes before a streaking Gagner went to his backhand for a power-play goal with 7:38 left in the period.

“We took a lot of pride before the game in how we were going to come out and play,” Hall said. “And the things that we were going to do and the intensity that we were going to play with and we showed a lot of those things.”

NOTES: It was Brown’s first goal since Feb. 29, 2012, for Toronto at Chicago ... Edmonton scored 24 goals while taking three of four against Chicago last season.

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South Division quarter-final.

Marcinew notched a pair of secondperiod goals and then sealed the deal with an empty-net marker with one second remaining in the game. BJ Duffin also scored for Olds, while Robbie Fisher and Chris Collins replied for the Oilers before 470 fans at the Sportsplex. Ethan Jemieff turned aside 34 shots for the Grizzlys. Jared D’Amico

He and his cousins the Harnden brothers finished just outside playoffs the past two years at the Canadian championships.

Jacobs and the Harndens were gaining experience against elite competition, but because of their youth — all are under 30 — the Jacobs team was considered an up-and-coming unit.

The addition of Fry at third a year prior to this season took the team to another level. The Winnipeg-born Fry was Stoughton’s second at the 2007 Brier and also played second and third for Brad Gushue at four previous Canadian championships.

The 34-year-old was representing his third different province at the Brier this year.

“I think that Ryan Fry just really helped that team with just maybe the chemistry,” Martin observed earlier this week.

“It seems to be this year that Brad is maybe just breathing easier. I don’t know why that is. Maybe one year older, but it’s true, he’s playing way better than he used to play and good on him.”

Northern Ontario went 8-4 in the preliminary round to claim the fourth and final playoff spot. Jacobs downed Brad Gushue of Newfoundland and Labrador 6-5 in an extra end in a playoff game before upsetting Howard 9-7 in Sunday morning’s semifinal.

Unlike Howard, who started strong with 10 wins and then faded, Northern Ontario saved their best curling for the end of the round robin and the playoffs. Jacobs won six straight games to finish the tournament with shooting percentages around 90 per cent in each game.

“We played amazing throughout these playoffs,” the skip said. “We were the underdogs the whole way.

We never had hammer and to come out and do what we did is just phenomenal.

“We had a lot of misses out of Jeff, which helped us obviously win that game. He’ll be the first to admit that.

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and Keith Hamilton combined to make 21 saves in the Okotoks net.

The fifth game is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Okotoks. ● The Oilers took a 2-1 lead in the series with a 6-5 win Saturday at Olds.

Collins scored twice for the winners, who got additional goals from Tanner Olstad, Cody Michelle, Greg Lamoureux and John Edwardh. Replying Brier finalists each earn $40,000 in prize money, the bronze medallist receives $30,000 and the $20,000 goes to the fourth-place team.

The Jacobs team is now eligible for $144,000 in Sport Canada funding over a two-year period and another $40,000 for training and competition expenses from Own The Podium. They’ll also receive $10,000 for wearing the Tim Hortons crest at the world championship.

They’ve also improved their chances of securing one of eight men’s berths in December’s Olympic trials in Winnipeg. Howard, Stoughton, and Martin have already claimed three.

Another three will be filled by May 1 based on results the rest of this curling season. The trials winner represents Canada at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.

The four curlers are self-admitted workout fiends with bulging biceps, but time spent in the gym is as much for off-ice reasons as on, says their third.

“We want to be known as the fittest team,” Fry said this week. “If a sponsor is looking at a team that’s fat and out of shape, as opposed to a team that’s fit

McComish leads Wells Furniture past Taggish Wells Furniture got 11 points from Dave McComish and 10 from James Bible in a 68-63 win over Taggish in Central Alberta Senior Men’s Basketball Association play Sunday.

Darren Andrews had 16 points for Taggish. and look like athletes, why wouldn’t they want to put money into our pockets instead of somebody else? For us, the business of curling is the brand you’ve got to create.”

Jacobs is an account manager for RBC Royal Bank, Fry owns a general contracting company, E.J. Harnden, 29, works for Ontario Lottery and Gaming and Ryan, 26, is a real estate appraiser.

Howard defeated Gushue 7-6 in an extra end for the bronze medal Sunday.

The Brier in Edmonton drew about 200,000 to Rexall Place over nine days of competition, which was far off the attendance record of 281,000 set by Edmonton back in 2005. Martin’s hometown team missing the playoffs dampened interest on the final weekend.

The Canadian Curling Association will incorporate a Team Canada into the Brier starting next year in Kamloops, B.C., where the winner earns an automatic berth into the 2015 Canadian championship.

That’s been part of the Canadian women’s curling championship format since 1985.

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Canada eliminated from WBC after 9-4 loss to U.S. THE CANADIAN PRESS PHOENIX _ Canada slipped on the edge of history, giving up a late lead and falling 9-4 to the United States on Sunday in a must-win game that eliminated the team from the World Baseball Classic.

Down 3-2 in the eighth inning, Adam Jones hit a two-run double off reliever Jim Henderson to give the U.S. its first lead of the game before Shane Victorino scored Jones on a single for a 5-3 lead.

Jonathan Lucroy added an insurance RBI and Eric Hosmer hit a threerun double off Canadian closer John Axford in the ninth that put the result beyond doubt.

Canada had pulled to within one after Adam Loewen hit a bases-loaded RBI in the bottom of the eighth inning, but pinch hitter Tim Smith grounded out to end the inning and ultimately Canada’s tournament. ``We played a tough game and obviously the U.S. came out on top, but we’re holding our heads high,’’ said Canadian outfielder Michael Saunders. ``We came to this tournament prepared and we felt like we played well. A few innings didn’t go our way, but I think we played well and I think we showed the world that Canada is here to stay.

Canada controlled Sunday’s game until Jones’s hit, with Saunders hitting a two-run homer in the second inning and Loewen’s single putting Canada ahead 3-2 in the sixth.

But U.S. relievers Heath Bell, David Hernandez, Steve Cishek and closer Craig Kimbrel stifled Canada’s offence while American batters did the rest.

Canada (1-2), which has never advanced past the first round, began the tournament with a humiliating 14-4 loss to Italy that ended after eight innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. But the team fought back, literally, in the second game against Mexico with a 10-3 victory capped by a benchclearing brawl.

The victory is a relief for the U.S. (2-1), which opened the tournament with a 5-2 loss to Mexico (1-2) but rallied back with a 6-2 win over Italy (2-1), which also advanced.

The next round begins Tuesday in Miami. ``Yeah, no, I’m not happy with the results,’’ said manager Ernie Whitt. ``I thought it was a good ballgame. They got some key hits in timely situations, and so you tip your hat to them.’’

Canada didn’t need long to figure out U.S. starter Derek Holland.

In the second inning Justin Morneau hit a leadoff double on the first pitch he saw, then on the next at-bat Saunders launched a rocket to right field to give Canada

a 2-0 lead.

For all the anticipation of Joey Votto’s eventual commitment to Canada, Saunders turned out to be the team’s star _ being named the most valuable player of Pool D. ``It’s definitely an honour,’’ said Saunders. ``However, it’s kind of a sour taste in my mouth right now. Whenever you represent your country, it really doesn’t matter how you do, as long as you win. And that was the main focus today.’’

Playing in his first WBC, the Victoria native entered the game leading the tournament’s opening round with an incredible .857 batting average, followed by Morneau’s stellar .714 average.

Starting pitcher Jameson Taillon, meanwhile, proved effective for Canada through four innings of work.

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ highly-prized prospect struck out Jimmy Rollins and Ryan Braun in a 1-2-3 third, but poor defence helped the U.S. tie the game in the fourth.

Yankees shut out Jays

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SPRING TRAINING

DUNEDIN, Fla. — David Phelps is doing all he can to earn a role in the New York Yankees’ starting rotation.

Phelps kept up his strong spring training, allowing three hits over five innings in Sunday’s 3-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.

“Phelps’ command has been very good,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said.

Phelps, a 26-year-old righthander who went 4-4 as a rookie last year, has given up one run in 14 innings over four starts.

“Everything was working,” said Phelps, who struck out three and walked one.

Phelps is competing with Ivan Nova to be a starter and could win a rotation role if Phil Hughes doesn’t recover from a back injury by the first week of the season. Diagnosed three weeks ago with a bulging disk in his upper back, Hughes is set to throw 25to-30 pitches off a bullpen mound Monday.

He had a 10-pitch mound session Saturday.

“We believe that Phil’s probably going to be ready,” Girardi said.

Juan Rivera, likely to get April playing time in the outfield while Curtis Granderson is sidelined, had three hits, including a threerun double off Brett Cecil in the fifth.

Blue Jays left-hander J.A. Happ allowed four hits in 3 1-3 scoreless innings. He appears to be the odd man out to win a spot in Toronto’s

revamped rotation that includes off-season acquisitions R.A. Dickey, Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson.

“It’s very frustrating,” Happ said.

“I told myself a couple things before coming into camp that I would try to stay as positive as I could, and just kind of let things play out. I’m trying to do that.”

Happ’s role to begin the season could be as a major league reliever or a starter at Triple-A. “I’m a major league starting pitcher,” Happ said. “We’ll have to let it play out.”

Toronto manager John Gibbons understands Happ’s frustration.

“I definitely feel for him,” Gibbons said. “He knows what he’s facing. Before it’s all said and done, he’s going to help us in a lot of ways.”

CC Sabathia, the Yankees’ expected opening-day starter, threw 52 pitches during a simulated game at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. The left-hander, who had off-season left elbow bone spur surgery, is scheduled to make first exhibition start Friday against Miami.

“I had no pain, no problems,” Sabathia said.

“Felt like I was throwing a little harder than last time. I’m ready to go.”

Girardi said Kevin Youkilis will play a game at first base this week. Signed to fill in at third base while Alex Rodriguez recovers from hip surgery, Youkilis

could side time at first while Mark Teixeira recovers from a wrist injury expected to keep him sidelined until at least May. Rodriguez had hip surgery in January and might return around the All-Star break.

Youkilis stopped an 0-for-9 start with a first-inning double, and finished 1 for 2 with a walk.

New York also is looking at Cuban infielder-outfielder Ronnier Mustelier at third. Rivera played first on Sunday.

Toronto third baseman Mark DeRosa made a nice play along the foul line and then threw out Jose Pirela at first with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth.

Anthony Gose made a ninth-inning diving catch in centre to take a hit away from Addison Maruszak.

New York’s Brett Gardner walked in the fifth. He has reached base safely in all 10 of his exhibition games.

NOTES: Yankees captain Derek Jeter (ankle surgery) is scheduled to DH for the second time Monday. The shortstop, who made his initial exhibition appearance Saturday, might play in the field Wednesday. ... Toronto RHP Brandon Morrow is to pitch in a minor league game Tuesday. ...

New York LHP Andy Pettitte is to make his 2013 spring training debut Wednesday night. ... Yankees reliever Boone Logan (sore elbow) threw 10 pitches off a bullpen mound. ... Toronto optioned LHP Evan Crawford and C A.J. Jimenez to Double-A New Hampshire.

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Scotland won gold with a 6-2 win over Russia. Canada blanked the first end and then scored three points in the second.

After blanking the third end, the Swedes responded with two points in the fourth end, but after that the teams swapped singles all the way to the ninth end, when, with the score at 5-4 in their favour, Canada blanked again.

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Senior refugees isolated PIANO DEAL HELPS RDSO Anyone thinking of purchasing a piano can simultaneously help the Red Deer Symphony Orchestra.

The RDSO has formed a partnership with Steinway Pianos of Calgary at 9639 Macleod Trail, S.W. From now until June 30, when anyone purchases a piano from the store and mentions the RDSO’s name, Steinway Pianos will donate five percent of the sale to the orchestra.

This offer includes all Roland Forresta digital pianos, as well as Steinway&Sons, Boston and Essex pianos.

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NORWEGIAN PURSE CLASS Locals can try their hand at an old Norwegian folk tradition on March 16.

The Norwegian Laft Hus Society is hosting a bunad purse class, where attendees will learn how to do wool embroidery on a purse to accompany a bunad, which is a Norwegian folk costume. The hope is that people will be inspired to make a bunad for the organization’s summer festival. The class runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and costs $30.

For more information or to register, phone 403-347-2055 or email norwegianlafthus@ gmail.com.

CURLING FUNDS RAISED The Lacombe Curling Club Association has a little more money because of a fundraiser in the Central Alberta Community. Lacombe Ford, the curling club and members of the community raised $3,760 at a recent test drive event through the local Ford dealership.

For each Lacombe area resident who test-drove a Ford vehicle at the curling club on Jan. 26 Lacombe Ford and Ford of Canada donated $20, with the funds raised going towards the purchase of new curling stones and other facility upgrades.

PROGRAMS REASSESSED FOR IMMIGRANTS 50 AND UP

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF If retirement seems like a life-changing prospect, imagine moving to another country in your senior years and learning a new language and culture.

This is the daunting reality for many older immigrants in Red Deer, said Jan Underwood, community educator for Ruby Adams CARE (Central Alberta Refugee Effort).

She noted a lot of seniors from overseas are being sponsored by their adult children to join them in Canada.

Once they arrive, these extended family

members from Central America, Asia and Eastern Europe often remain at home to babysit their grandchildren.

“They don’t speak any English and they don’t get to (learn) it at home, so they become isolated,” said Underwood.

CARE is currently reassessing programs that provide socialization and integration opportunities for those 50 and up. Focus groups were held recently to find out what kind of activities older immigrants would appreciate — and one desire has been made clear.

Ruby Adams, who co-ordinates several programs for CARE, said many new Albertans with varying language skills have expressed a willingness to do volunteer hands-on work for Red Deer companies or non-profits.

“They feel this would create opportunities to mingle and also give something back to the community.”

Area organizations willing to make volunteer opportunities available for senior immigrants are asked to call CARE. Adams also hopes to hear from more older new-

comers.

“A lot of people don’t realize there are programs out there,” said Underwood, who noted CARE has offered clients chances to learn more about the Red Deer area with organized excursions to the museum, public library, Sylvan Lake, the Lacombe corn maze and other destinations.

While communication is often a challenge, people of any age will improve their language skills with more social interaction, said Adams, who hopes more new immigrants will take advantage of free programs that are being enhancing to boost participation.

CARE also has regular programming for male and female immigrants of mixed ages, including English as a second language classes and conversation circles. Many feature educational aspects, such as tours of the supermarket, information on nutrition and other issues.

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A passion for murder THE TERRY SHANE MURDER MYSTERIES COMPANY

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF For a woman who was once “strangled” with a string of Christmas lights, Erna Soderberg has an endless appetite for murder mysteries.

As a Red Deer cast member with the Terry Shane Murder Mysteries company, Soderberg has played various made-up characters that mingle with guests at corporate functions, private parties and receptions.

Sometimes she’s the murder “victim” who stages over-thetop death scenes for laughs.

“I stagger around and eventually fall down dead. Absolutely, I (milk it) as much as possible,” said Soderberg, with a chuckle.

Other times she mills around a crowd in the guise of a colourful suspect, such as fortune teller Karma Mystikka or travel agency owner Mary Holiday.

Throughout the evening, she drops hints or red herrings so real party guests can try to solve the “murder.”

“You say things like, ‘I hate my husband or daughter,” or “I’m having an affair with the chef,’” said Soderberg, a retired government worker and Central Alberta Theatre member. “It’s a blast ...

“At the beginning, some people will be backing away from you because they think it’s stupid, or they’d rather visit with a friend,” she added, “but they all warm up pretty soon.”

Red Deer has certainly warmed up to the concept of murder mysteries as an entertaining ice-breaker at parties.

The 24-year-old Calgarybased Terry Shane company,

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Jason Steele, Derek Olinek and Erna Soderberg are players in a Murder Mystery group.

‘RED DEER BEATS ALL OF OUR CITIES.’ — COMPANY OWNER JANET ST. GERMAIN

which also runs murder mystery nights in Edmonton and Vancouver, recently opened a Red Deer division because there was so much business in Central Alberta.

“Red Deer beats all of our cities,” said company owner Janet St. Germain of Calgary, who noted in the peak October to December period, there were eight murder mystery bookings for Red Deer, and more in communities such as Innisfail, Olds and Lacombe.

She can’t explain the local popularity, except to surmise there might be less competition for party novelties here.

Opening a Red Deer division made sense because it reduces travel costs, said St. Germain.

And, since Calgary and Edmonton actors won’t have to be brought in, it’s freed up the larger city divisions to focus on their own audiences.

“The talent pool in Red Deer

has been wonderful and the feedback has been very favourable,” she added.

Shortly after being hired last fall as Red Deer’s murder mystery producer, Jason Steele assembled a list of about 20 local actors he knows through Central Alberta Theatre and the former Ignition Theatre.

He draws from this talent pool to line up the five to eight actors each murder mystery requires.

Customers can pick from about 20 story lines, including crimes of the heart, mafia murders, a high school reunion and hillbilly wedding.

“There’s even one script where ... everybody is dead by the end of it,” said Steele, with a chuckle. Improvising actors have to stay on their toes.

For instance, when stage guns don’t fire, Steele recalled once having to pretend “I was clubbed to death with a gun.”

There’s always a detective called Terry Shane, who’s usually undercover.

But when a supposed murder happens, he reveals himself and starts investigating, added Steele, who started acting with the company a couple years ago to inject fun into his life, and relieve stress from his job as a police dispatcher.

While most party business crops up around Christmas, Steele said there are some jobs at wedding receptions, workshops and corporate teambuilding functions.

The local Terry Shane Murder Mystery players have also been asked to entertain on the Alberta Prairie Railway steam train tours in Stettler on Sept. 7, 19 and Oct. 12.

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Caroline stands to lose a $1-million grant because of village council’s delays in approving a new community centre, say concerned residents who are holding a public meeting in protest.

Kirsten Collison worries about village council’s “procrastination” on a proposed building that would expand the Kurt Browning Complex.

It would allow new space for a playschool, dance and yoga studios, the chamber of commerce, a medical clinic and fitness centre.

The local teacher said it’s been three years since discussions on the project began. Now the decision is down to the wire, since the structure would have to be completed by March 2014 under the terms of a matching grant from the provincial government and Clearwater County. Each gave $500,000 towards the project.

With just a year left for construction, no

approval has yet been granted by village council, said Collison, who also sits on the board of the Caroline Dance West, a growing school that wants larger studio space in the new community centre.

“By not making a decision, a decision will be made for them out of hand,” she added.

In a public letter to the Advocate, Collison urges village council to see the big picture, saying this is “an opportunity to grow . . to build something ... a direction must be decided and a vision shared.”

Caroline resident Wanda Arseneau, president of Caroline Dance West, shares Collison’s concerns.

She writes that she is “appalled” at council’s indecision, as well as indications the project might get voted down due to cost and usage concerns.

The new community centre is projected to cost $1.3 million.

While there’s $944,000 left of grant money after the expense of preliminary planning, Collison believes corporations and local citizens can pull together to raise the rest.

But she admitted this would not resolve all concerns, since some councillors are questioning the need for the building.

A public forum has been planned for Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Caroline School gym. Collison is hoping to get other local residents talking about “why our village is willing to allow close to $1 million to slip away.”

Therese Kleeburger, chief administrative officer for the Village of Caroline, said more information is needed before council can make a decision on the project.

Meetings are still happening between the local Ag Society, a proponent of the project, and village council to look at various design and cost options for the centre.

“They will be gathering more information regarding the project that will have to be considered in order to make an informed decision,” said Kleeburger, who hopes for a resolution by the end of the month. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Are we better prepared?

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — An unknown bat virus that found a way into human lungs in 2003 served as a global wake-up call to the threat of new infectious diseases. But a decade after SARS crippled health-care systems in affected cities and knocked billions out of the global economy, is the world better prepared to handle similar threats?

Is Canada?

In the main, depending on where you live, the answer is likely yes, many experts say — though some are unimpressed by the degree of progress and some worry economic constraints may undermine any improvements that have been made.

And while technological advances are making it easier to track diseases like SARS, there’s no scientific magic bullet to rapidly blunt the assault of future infectious diseases.

“The world’s better prepared to respond, because they’ve had experience in it,” says Dr. David Heymann, head of the Center for Global Health Security at Chatham House (home of the Royal Institute of International Affairs) and a professor of infectious diseases epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

“They’re not better prepared with vaccines, because there isn’t a (production) platform that you could easily slip a new antigen into and get a vaccine out of.”

In Ontario, where case tracking and information flow proved to be enormous challenges during the outbreak, a lot of work has been done to ensure the shortcomings identified by the various postSARS inquiries were addressed, says Dr. Vivek Goel, president and CEO of Public Health Ontario — the provincial public health agency that owes its existence to SARS. “We don’t have to work with sticky notes on a board. We’ve got information systems. We’ve got very skilled staff who are able to manipulate that data and turn it into reports right away, and get those out in pretty well real-time to our public health partners,” says Goel, a public health physician.

“That kind of capacity ... did not exist in Ontario at the time of SARS.”

Time change more disruptive for kids and teens: expert

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Nurses wear protective masks against SARS as they talk outside the closed emergency ward at North York General Hospital in Toronto Monday May 26, 2003.

Information flow proved to be a problem both internationally and nationally. China was slow to fess up to the struggle it was having with a new disease in late 2002 and early 2003. China is not a model of transparency, but some have suggested local and regional authorities may have under-reported the extent of the outbreak out of fear of upsetting central masters.

In the aftermath of SARS, the WHO revised the International Health Regulations, a treaty designed to enhance global health security through outbreak preparedness and transparency. They require countries to report to the WHO outbreaks that might pose a health threat to other countries.

But the revised IHR also allow the WHO to use unofficial sources of information — Internet reports, for example — rather than having to rely solely on information provided through official channels.

In Canada, federal health officials had difficulty getting timely information from Ontario officials running the outbreak response in Toronto, the site of the only large

SARS outbreak outside of Asia.

Under the rules of the World Health Organization, reporting responsibility in a situation like SARS rests with the national government. Ottawa’s slowness to report new cases undermined Geneva’s trust that Canada had the situation under control, contributing to the global health agency’s decision to urge world travellers to avoid Toronto.

Heymann, who was head of the WHO’s communicable diseases division in 2003, says the countries that had the hardest time controlling SARS were federal states where responsibility for the delivery of health care was controlled by lower levels of government. He says countries have tried to find ways to work around the emergency response weaknesses in federal systems in the time since.

Dr. Frank Plummer, head of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory, says a lot of work has been done since 2003 developing and improving systems for information sharing among provinces and territories and between those levels of government and Ottawa.

TORONTO — The idea of losing an hour of sleep this weekend may seem daunting to adults, but experts caution the return to standard time could be even more disruptive for kids and teens.

Younger Canadians are a notoriously sleep-deprived group, they said, adding that Sunday’s “spring forward” has the potential to bring even more disorder to unstable nighttime routines.

Dr. Shelly Weiss, a pediatric sleep expert with Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, said kids and teens can feel the effects of losing a single hour of sleep for up to one week.

With a few precautionary steps, however, Weiss said weary parents need not add over-tired offspring to their list of stressers for the coming days.

“It’s harder to adjust in the spring because you’re going forward, but if parents already have good routines, it’s pretty simple to change,” she said in a telephone interview.

Weiss said the easiest way to handle the coming transition is to start phasing in the time shift a few days in advance.

For young kids, Weiss advises shifting bedtime ahead by 10 or 15 minutes each night in the few days leading up to daylight time.

This gradual approach, she said, will help regulate the child’s circadian rhythm or internal body clock and mitigate the effects of losing an hour of shuteye on Saturday night.

Solutions for teens are less straightforward, she said, adding many resist the notion of a stable bedtime and would balk further at the notion of going to bed earlier.

For them, Weiss recommends removing laptops, cellphones and other electronics from the bedroom.

Such a move would eliminate potential bedtime distractions while also creating a darker room that’s more conducive to sleep, she said.

Moving breakfast up in the days leading up to the time change may also help teenagers adjust, she said. Such steps may seem unpopular, but Weiss said they would go some way to addressing a chronic problem that dogs the country’s youth.

Weiss said research suggests a quarter of parents report that their children have trouble sleeping, a phenomenon she chalks up in part to poor sleep habits.

The pending time change, she suggested, may give parents a chance to revisit the subject with their kids and implement some long-term changes.

“Unfortunately there are many children who don’t have a regular routine or a regular sleep and wake time,” Weiss said. “It gives you a good chance to think about how you could improve that around daylight savings in an ongoing way.”

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Canada has had a national alcohol strategy since 2007 and is a signatory on the World Health Organization’s global strategy to reduce the harmful effects of alcohol, but experts called for stronger action.

“It’s time to hold them to it,” said Gerald Thomas, a researcher with the Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse that drafted guidelines to help keep Canadians’ alcohol consumption in check.

The guidelines advise female consumers to drink no more than 10 drinks a week and two drinks a day, and advise men to drink no more than 15 drinks a week and three drinks a day.

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TORONTO — Experts suggest women may be catching up to their male peers when it comes to alcohol consumption.

A group of researchers gathered in Toronto on Friday to discuss what they describe as a rise in female drinking.

Several said booze was the new tobacco, saying alcohol companies have begun targeting ads towards women the way cigarette manufacturers did in the late 1960s.

They said advertisers market liquor as “diet” or “natural” in an effort to appeal to health-conscious women.

They said the result is a rise in women suffering from liver disease and other alcohol-related illnesses, saying it mirrored the spike in ailments caused by smoking several decades ago.

Experts agreed the issue demanded change, both from advertisers and the governments that regulate alcohol sales.

“Over and over again, young people are being exposed to more alcohol advertising than adults,” said David Jernigan, director of the U.S.-based Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth. “This is an opportunity ... an area of growth for the industry.”

Research supports the notion that drinking among women is on the rise.

Earlier this week, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health issued a report describing alcohol as one of the top health risks in the country and calling for more government involvement in alcohol sales, pricing, advertising and treatment.

The report also included a score card for each province on its alcohol controls. Ontario topped the rankings, while Quebec came in last.

Studies in the U.S. have shown that exposure to alcohol among youth has increased more rapidly than among those 21 and older.

Studies done by Jernigan’s own organization sug-

gest the most popular beverages are not the discount beers normally associated with an age group on a budget, but rather more heavily advertised brands such as Budweiser, Miller, and Smirnoff.

While Jernigan thinks advertising is driving the problem, others echoed CAMH in pointing the finger at political inaction.

“There is absolutely a vacuum” when it comes to alcohol and public policy, said Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of the Women and Alcohol Atkinson series. “It’s as if we’re under a spell. Where’s the national and provincial leadership on this issue?”

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Mining project defended A Vancouver mining company says its planned gold mine in Greece that has spurred local opposition isn’t a threat to the environment. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets Saturday in Greece’s second largest city of Thessaloniki to protest the Eldorado Gold Corp. mine set to operate east of the city. Eldorado vice-president Nancy Woo says activists’ concerns that the mine will pollute the environment are wrong. She says the mine, which is set to begin digging soon, will follow the necessary European Union and Greek environmental rules.

Activists say the mine will put out toxic substances and throttle the local tourism industry. But others living near the mine site say the project will create badly needed jobs.

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Markets still face headwinds DOW COMES BACK OVER 2008 LOSSES, TSX STILL HAS LONG WAY TO GO

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Stock markets could be looking for some direction this week following a muted response to blowout employment numbers on Friday, capping a week that saw New York’s Dow Jones industrials register a string of record high closes.

The TSX ended the week with slight pop, up 0.48 per cent, weighed down by gold stocks but New York registered strong gains, with the Dow gaining 2.18 per cent.

This means the Dow has more than made up the losses stemming from the 2008 financial collapse, rising over 115 per cent from the lows of March 2009 that resulted from the financial collapse and subsequent recession.

However, the TSX is still a good 2,300 points away from the all-time high of 15,073 from the

summer of 2008.

Several items added up to improve sentiment, including strong trade data from China, positive news on U.S. home prices, a U.S. services sector expanding stronger than thought and then a jobs report showing the creation of 236,000 jobs last month. Also, the U.S. jobless rate edged down 0.2 of a point to 7.7 per cent, the lowest level in four years.

In Canada, the economy churned out a surprisingly strong 50,700 new jobs in February, most of them full-time, in the private sector and in Ontario.

Adding it all up, the average retail investor could think there’s nothing standing in the way of more gains, but that could be a mistake.

“I think a lot of the rally that we’ve seen in the last two months almost seems as a correct predictor of the (jobs) data”, said Andrew Pyle, senior

wealth advisor and portfolio manager at ScotiaMcLeod in Peterborough, Ont. “In other words, we may have already seen the bulk of whatever market gains we were going to get from numbers like this, at least for the professional money from this market.”

Pyle points out that the bulk of the recovery from the lows of March 9, 2008 have been “on the backs of what I would call professional money.”

“Retail money, we know for a fact, mainly sat on the sidelines and has only started to come into the market in the last several weeks.”

Pyle notes that the retail investor has been encouraged by recent economic data and U.S. indexes topping old highs.

The problem is that they’re probably getting into the market at the wrong time.

“There’s nothing to say the market is going to pull back and we’re going into a protracted

period of correction,” he said.

“But it is a market that is rich and a market that most professional investors would look at needing to blow some froth off the top in order to do some base building and ensure this rally can continue.”

One major headwind identified by analysts is a major effect from the settlement that prevented the U.S. from going over the so-called fiscal cliff at the end of December.

Arising from the agreement brokered between Democrats and Republicans was a two percentage point rise in payroll taxes from 4.2 per cent to 6.2 per cent.

“Two per cent is going to be about $120 billion out of wage earners’ pockets, and for someone typically making $35,000 a year that’s $700 of after-tax money — that is significant,” said Robert Gorman, chief portfolio strategist at TD Waterhouse.

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Congress wants voice heard

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has embarked on an aggressive trade agenda that could lower barriers and increase U.S. exports to many of the economic giants of Asia and Europe.

To make that a reality, though, it may first have to negotiate future trade policy a little closer to home — with Congress.

The administration hopes to complete talks by October on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would reduce duties on a wide range of goods and services in the world’s most vibrant trading area.

Eleven countries, including Australia, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, Mexico and Canada, are participating, and Japan has expressed interest in joining.

In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama announced plans for a second deal, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which would link the United States and the European Union, the world’s two largest economies.

Departing U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk added to the agenda in January when he notified Congress of plans to start negotiations for a new trade agreement on international trade in services.

The talks will include a group of 20 trading partners representing nearly two-thirds of global trade in services.

Obama has set a goal of doubling exports by the end of next year, after drawing criticism from freetrade advocates during his first term for moving too slowly on trade issues.

“The Obama administration suddenly has this highly ambitious trade agenda that they’ve laid out,” said John Murphy, vice-president for international affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “Now the challenge is going to be executing.”

First, Obama must nominate a successor to Kirk, who in January announced plans to step down. Then, he has to work with lawmakers to restore a procedure called trade promotion authority that is regarded as key to getting trade treaties finalized and approved by Congress.

TPA, also known as “fast track,” has a history going back to the 1930s and was formalized in a 1974 trade law.

Under TPA, Congress and the White House agree on the objectives of trade negotiations, and Congress affirms that it will vote on any trade treaty without offering amendments that would force the administration to go back to the negotiating table.

The last TPA law expired in 2007, and up to now, the Obama White House hasn’t pushed for its renewal. Without TPA on the books, trade partners are reluctant to sign off on deals that could later be amended.

That could be fatal to some complex trade deals, such as the future talks with the EU where success hinges on reaching delicate compromises on such issues as European agriculture subsidies and Europe’s restrictions on genetically engineered crops.

A strong trade agenda, said Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, the top Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, requires close co-operation and consultation with Congress, and “trade promotion authority is the linchpin that brings these elements together.”

Members of Obama’s Democratic Party tend to oppose TPA, arguing that trade pacts negotiated by past administrations have resulted in job losses in America and given short shrift to environmental and labour and human rights issues.

The last TPA law was passed in 2002 by the slimmest of margins, with House votes of 215-214 and 215-212.

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As heavy machinery pushes sand to hastily rebuild a breached dune, a man stops by his family’s ocean front home damaged by Superstorm Sandy in Mantoloking, N.J., to check on new storm damage. Flooding also remained a problem in other shore towns.

The ultimate fixer-upper?

BARGAIN-PRICED HOMES HIT BY SUPERSTORM SANDY COME WITH UNCERTAINTIES

BY ETHE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONG BEACH, N.Y. — It sounds like the premise for a new reality TV series: “Hurricane House” — people scouring waterside communities looking to buy homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy at a deep discount.

While there are bargains out there, ranging from 10 per cent off pre-storm prices for upscale homes on New York’s Long Island and the Jersey Shore to as much as 60 per cent off modest bungalows Staten Island and Queens, it’s still very much a game of buyer beware.

Not only are buyers are on the hook for repairs and in some cases total rebuilds, they’re also wading into a host of potentially expensive uncertainties about new flood maps and future insurance rates, zoning changes and updated building codes.

“It’s totally changed the way I sell real estate,” said Lawrence Greenberg, a sales associate with Van Skiver Realtors, whose own Mantoloking, N.J., office was wrecked in the storm.

Prior to Sandy, prospective buyers rarely mentioned issues such as flood maps and building elevations until the matter of flood insurance came up — often at closing. “Now, everybody asks the question of elevation,” Greenberg said. Even if potential buyers plan to tear down and build new, they ask about the pending changes in flood maps proposed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, because flood insurance rates will depend upon the new zones.

There is no sign of a mass exodus from shoreline communities. The number of for-sale listings in January in the 380 zip codes hit by the storm was about 2 per cent below the same time last year, according to online real estate information company Zillow Inc.

That indicates that most homeowners are rebuilding, or have not yet decided how to proceed.

But real estate agents in New York and New Jersey say the majority of homes for sale in these areas have some damage from the Oct. 29 storm, and it appears to them that a rising number are being put on the market as the spring home-buying season approaches.

New listings range from destroyed oceanfront properties being sold for the land, to flooded bayside homes untouched since the storm that must be gutted. Even the few undamaged homes in affected neighbourhoods are listing at prices about 10 per cent lower than they would have been prestorm.

Some sellers are overwhelmed by the daunting prospect of restoring a damaged home. Some are older homeowners who had stayed in the houses where they raised their families, but now are relocating. Some didn’t have flood insurance.

“They either don’t have the funds or don’t have the energy to go through the renovating and rebuilding process,” said Jeff Childers, a broker with Childers Sotheby’s International Realty in Normandy Beach, N.J. Lisa Jackson, broker and owner of Rockaway Properties in the Belle Harbor section of Queens, N.Y., said a number of her new listings are homes owned by senior citizens. One 85-yearold client was living alone in her 1940s-era six-bedroom, six-bath brick home right on the beach. The house was hammered by Sandy, and must be at least partially demolished, but will still command a hefty price.

“Everything on the water is big money,” Jackson said.

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Tax planning a year-round activity

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MONEYWISE

Although we only file a tax return once a year, tax planning is a year-round activity which, if approached properly, can end up putting more money in your pockets and less in the hands of the tax man.

One of the easiest ways to boost your tax savings is to take advantage of all eligible credits and deductions.

“It’s important to understand what tax credits and deductions

are available to you from both the federal and provincial governments,” said Jason Round, head of financial planning support with RBC. There are a host of credits available to Canadians for medical, child and dependent care, tuition, education and textbooks, child fitness and art classes, and first-time home buyers, as well as donations made to registered charities.

Some deductions that many people overlook are spousal support payments, interest charges on loans to purchase income-producing assets, union and professional dues, company pension plan contributions, certain moving expenses, expenses related to selfemployment and some child-care expenses for a working parent or student.

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Another way to reduce the taxes you pay is to review your investment portfolio and structure your investments in the most tax-efficient way.

Interest is a highly-taxed investment income. As a general rule, interest-bearing products such as bonds or guaranteed investment certificates (GICs) should be held in a tax free savings account (TFSA) or a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP).

Dividends and capital gains on equities, mutual funds and exchange traded funds, on the other hand, are taxed at a lower rate, and therefore are more suited to a non-registered account.

Unlike RRSPs, there is no tax deduction for making contributions to a TFSA. RRSP contributions are deductible and reduce your income for tax purposes. However, the money you contribute to your TFSA and grow through interest, dividends or capital gains are not taxable, except for any foreign tax on foreign investments.

As well, any withdrawals from a TFSA are tax free. Money in a TFSA can be invested in the same instruments as an RRSP, such as stocks, bonds, GICs and mutual funds. Any unused contribution room can be carried forward, and if you withdraw money in one year from the account, you are allowed to put it back, but only in the year after it is withdrawn.

The TFSA has a number of benefits, particularly for seniors.

Money from a TFSA is excluded from income-tested benefits and tax credits such as the HST credit and the old age security and the guaranteed income supplement and will not reduce those benefits. And unlike an RRSP, you can contribute to a TFSA after the age of 71.

“Most Canadians are not maximizing their contributions to these accounts but it’s very important for them to look at, understand and take advantage of the tax benefits of both TFSAs and RRSPs when planning their investment tax strategy,” said Round.

Income splitting — the transfer of income from a person in a higher income tax bracket to a person in a lower income tax bracket — is another tax-reduction strategy Canadians can employ.

Most income splitting opportunities are for seniors. For people over 65, eligible pension income includes payments from a registered pension plan, registered retirement income fund (RRIF), a locked in RRF or a life annuity from an RRSP or deferred profitsharing plan. Income from the old age security or Canada Pension Plan does not qualify.

Small business owners also may be able to split income. They can decrease their income by hiring their spouse and/or children as employees and pass along some of the business income to them as salary or wages.

If the business income was $75,000, for example, and your spouse has been working in the business all year, you could pay him/her $30,000 in salary.

This would drop your salary to $45,000, resulting in a significant tax savings for you. And because your spouse’s income of $30,000 is taxed at an even lower income tax rate, you in effect get a double tax savings.

Home-based business owners can deduct a portion of many home-related expenses, such as heat, electricity, home maintenance, cleaning materials and home insurance. If you own your home, you can also deduct portions of your property tax and mortgage interest.

“The key to effective tax planning is knowing what options are available, what you qualify for, and making the claims,” Round said.

Talbot Boggs is a Toronto-based business communications professional who has worked with national news organizations, magazines and corporations in the finance, retail, manufacturing and other industrial sectors.

HOMES: Huge discounts But the $3 million listing price is nevertheless a huge discount from the roughly $4.25 million it would have commanded before the storm.

Another set of sellers were in the process of getting out before the storm hit. Jackson had 18 properties in contract prior to Sandy, but all of those sales either fell through or were renegotiated for a lower price.

One 1930s-era threebedroom, two-bath house with a view of the bay was in contract for $665,000, but the entire first floor was gutted after it took on about four feet of water. The buyer, a single woman, was unwilling to take on the renovations. The property is back on the market for $550,000. That’s a 17 per cent discount, but the eventual buyer will

have to pay for new floors and walls, plus a new kitchen and bathroom.

Still, that sort of cut might make the neighbourhood affordable for a family that was priced out in recent years, when houses were selling for $750,000 and more.

And in one sense, buying a stormdamaged home can offer an advantage, said Tom Tripodi, president of the Tripodi Group/ Douglas Elliman Real Estate in the Long Island city of Long Beach, where damaged houses are selling for about 10 per cent less than before the storm.

“If it’s all gutted out, you can do what you want,” he said. “You can own the house with a brand new kitchen, new appliances, new floors.”

In addition to people looking to create their dream house out of a damaged home, Tripodi has seen investors eyeing the area. In Long Beach’s West End neighbourhood, for example, investors are looking to tear down gutted 1920s-era ranch homes and build bigger houses with multiple stories at higher elevations in their place.

The shorefront sections of Staten Island are also seeing accelerating turnover of homes that are likely to eventually get torn down.

Lee Venezia, a broker with Neuhaus Realty Inc., recently sold three adjacent bungalows owned by a longtime resident of Staten Island’s Midland Beach for $240,000 cash — about $20,000 less than each one might have garnered before the storm. “The homeowner refused to go back,” she said.

The buyer will fix the properties up and rent them “until the dust settles,” Venezia said. Once new flood maps are finalized and new building codes sorted out, she expects the houses to be sold again to a developer who will replace them.

Cash deals are the only ones closing right now in Staten Island’s stormdamaged neighbourhoods, Venezia said, which means the buyers are almost all investors, even though the area’s small houses are selling for $85,000 to $100,000. “Banks are not going to lend,” she said. “The banks are waiting for the dust to settle to see what the building requirements are going to be.”

The new flood maps must go through public hearings before they are finalized, a process likely to take two to three years.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently announced a plan to buy out the entire Staten Island neighbourhood of Oakwood Beach and allow the land to revert back to the marshland it once was, because the homes there have flooded multiple times. It remains unclear if any other neighbourhoods might get bought out.

TRADE: Must look at impact on jobs More than 300 labour and environmental groups, in a letter last week opposing the Trans-Pacific talks, said no TPA legislation should be considered without a thorough assessment of how a trade deal will affect job creation, environmental and labour rights, food sovereignty, access to medicine and other issues.

The administration is coming off a good two years on trade. In 2011, it succeeded in getting Congress to approve three bilateral free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama and extend a law that helps workers hurt by foreign competition.

Last December, Congress sent the president legislation that removed Cold War restrictions standing in the way of permanent normal trade relations with Russia.

The three free trade bills, negotiated by the George W. Bush administration and reworked after Obama took office, were all covered by the TPA law in effect before 2007.

The administration, in its trade policy agenda report released last week, pledged to work with Congress on TPA “to facilitate the conclusion, approval and implementation of market-opening negotiating efforts.”

Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., who oversees trade policy as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he was disappointed the administration has not engaged with Congress on TPA and urged Obama to both nominate a qualified trade representative and immediately begin discussions on renewing the fast track law.

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JAPAN STILL STRUGGLING WITH CLEANUP OF RADIATION, TOXINS FROM TSUNAMI AND NUCLEAR FIASCO

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NARAHA, Japan — Two years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ravaged Japan’s northeastern Pacific coast, debris containing asbestos, lead, PCBs — and perhaps most worrying — radioactive waste due to the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant looms as a threat for the region.

So far, disposal of debris from the disasters is turning out to have been anything but clean. Workers often lacking property oversight, training or proper equipment have dumped contaminated waste with scant regard for regulations or safety, as organized crime has infiltrated the cleanup process.

Researchers are only beginning to analyze environmental samples for potential health implications from the various toxins swirled in the petri dish of the disaster zone — including dioxins, benzene, cadmium and organic waste-related, said Shoji F. Nakayama of the government-affiliated National Institute for Environmental Studies.

Apart from some inflammatory reactions to some substances in the dust and debris, the longer-term health risks remain unclear, he said.

The mountains of rubble and piles of smashed cars and scooters scattered along the coast only hint at the scale of the debris removed so far from coastlines and river valleys stripped bare by the tsunami.

To clear, sort and process the rubble — and a vastly larger amount of

radiation-contaminated soil and other debris near the nuclear plant in Fukushima, the government is relying on big construction companies whose multilayer subcontracting systems are infiltrated by criminal gangs, or yakuza.

In January, police arrested a senior member of Japan’s second-largest yakuza group, Sumiyoshi Kai, on suspicion of illegally dispatching three contract workers to Date, a city in Fukushima struggling with relatively high radioactive contamination, through another construction company and pocketing one-third of their pay.

He told interrogators he came up with the plot to “make money out of clean-up projects” because the daily pay for such government projects, at 15,000-17,000 yen ($160-$180), was far higher than for other construction jobs, said police spokesman Hiraku Hasumi.

Gangsters have long been involved in industrial waste handling, and police say they suspect gangsters are systematically targeting reconstruction projects, swindling money from lowinterest lending schemes for disasterhit residents and illegally mobilizing construction and clean-up workers.

Meanwhile, workers complain of docked pay, unpaid hazard allowances — which should be 10,000 yen, or $110, a day — and of inadequate safety equipment and training for handling the hazardous waste they are clearing from towns, shores and forests after meltdowns of three nuclear plant reactor cores at Fukushima Dai-Ichi released radiation into the surrounding air, soil and ocean.

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Boulton thanks fans for helping her win region

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A beyond-excited Randi Boulton is thanking her strong local fan-base for making her No. 1 in Southern Alberta.

The Lacombe-based singer got the most votes of five regional semi-finalists in CBC Radio’s Searchlight contest seeking Canada’s Best New Artist.

“I won first in my region and made nationals! Please keep voting! You guys are awesome!

Now I’m top 24 in CANADA!!!!!!!

AHHH!!!!” emailed Boulton, who was thrilled to have made the long list.

Some 3,000 entertainers from across the country initially entered the Searchlight contest, which relies on on-line voting to determine results. Boulton’s tune Coffee Song got enough Randi Boulton votes to make her one of 120 top Canadian artists and then a Top 5 regional finalist. On Friday, she won her region.

Voting starts again today (Monday) to narrow down the list of Top 24 artists from across Canada.

This homestretch round of voting will close on Sunday, March 17, at 9:59.

Boulton is hoping her supporters will continue to come through for her. The contest winner gets national exposure and $10,000 of Yamaha music gear.

According to her biography on the site, Boulton is a “farm girl with a rural work ethic,” who has been in the music business for more than 15 years, pushing her songs and her sound to evolve. She’s shared the stage with everyone from Mavis Staples to George Canyon, and was selected to perform in Toronto’s Honey Jam, where Nelly Furtado was discovered. She’s back in the studio now with Juno Award-winning producer Russell Broom, famed for his work with Jann Arden.

To vote for Boulton, a big fan of Arden and Kelly Clarkson, please got to http://r3.ca/0Y4F lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

Marvel, in nod to digital demand, releases No.1 issues THE ASSOCIATED PRESS In comics, the first issue is where the story starts and the legend begins.

For readers, a print copy of issue one can be hard to find and expensive to buy. But those rules don’t apply to tablets, laptops and smartphones both for comics fans and those curious about characters they may have seen in film or on television.

Part of that fascination with superheroes and their growing cachet in popular culture is why Marvel Entertainment, home to the Fantastic Four, the X-Men and the Avengers, among others, is making more than 700 first issues available to digital readers starting Sunday for free through the Marvel app and the company’s website.

After Tuesday, they’ll be sold for $1.99 to $3.99 per issue.

The titles go from the 1960s Silver Age to contemporary issues with characters includ-

ing Wasp, Mr. Fantastic, Power Man and Iron Fist, said David Gabriel, senior vice-president of sales.

“This is aimed at attracting fans from all walks of life — those who know our characters from the big screen, those who were readers but fell out of the habit and our long-term fans too,” he said.

“We believe that if we get those fans in the door, they’ll stay and help grow this industry, with purchases both in comic stores and via digital comic outlets.”

The publisher went through its catalogue of more than 13,000 titles that are already available digitally and plucked out the No. 1 issues with historic ones like Amazing Spider-Man

by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko or the Fantastic Four by Lee and Jack Kirby as well as modern titles like Civil War, Joss Whedon’s “Astonishing X-Men” and characters and teams like the Uncanny Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy,

Slavery a tough role, hard sell LESSONS ARE SO PAINFUL THAT SOME AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTORS SIMPLY CAN’T BEAR TO LEARN THEM

BY J. FREEDOM DU LAC ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES ATLANTA — Before Erica Hubbard could portray an enslaved housekeeper, which she’ll do this weekend at Colonial Williamsburg in Virginia, she first had to learn some things about life in revolutionary times — including how slaves interacted with their masters circa 1776.

These lessons are so painful that some African American actors simply can’t bear to learn them. Even as Colonial Williamsburg and other historic sites have tried to do justice to the story of slavery and attract more minority visitors, they’ve sometimes had difficulty convincing black actors to take jobs interpreting enslaved figures.

It was easy to see why as Hubbard was being schooled on slavery in 18th century Virginia one recent Sunday by two men from Colonial Williamsburg’s theatrical division.

On a soundstage in suburban Atlanta, not far from where Hubbard films the Black Entertainment Television rom-com Let’s Stay Together, the 34-year-old actress listened intently as the men discussed the master-servant dynamic.

“When he comes in, she just bends at the knees,” Bill Weldon said.

“It’s a relationship with very clearly defined roles,” Stephen Seals explained.

Hubbard shifted in her folding chair.

Weldon, who is white, pretended to be Lydia Broadnax, a black woman whose little-documented life (they’re not even certain about her last name) has become an obsession for Colonial Williamsburg researchers. Seals, who is black, was temporarily portraying Lydia’s owner, George Wythe, a Founding Father and legal scholar who mentored Thomas Jefferson.

Seals looked at Weldon, who averted his eyes. “Even if they were in close proximity,” Weldon said, “Lydia would never really look at Wythe directly.”

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The position, a fulltime job that pays between $13 and $18 an hour, has been open for two years, said Weldon, the organization’s director of historic area programming. “Some people turned us down because they didn’t want to portray an enslaved character.”

Other sites in Virginia and Maryland have hit similar roadblocks.

“You interview people, and they’ll say: ‘I just can’t do it. I can’t put on that costume’,” said Tricia Brooks, Colonial Williamsburg’s African American initiatives manager.

“It comes with a lot of baggage. If you haven’t unpacked that baggage before you put the costume on, you’re going to have problems.”

But Williamsburg’s black actors believe telling the story is a responsibility.

“Some people haven’t thought about what happened to our people,” Lewis said. “We’re making them think about what it really may have been like in the 18th century.”

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who often aren’t sure how to respond when confronted with a shameful chapter of American history.

Sympathetic visitors to Williamsburg have been known to bump or block white actor-interpreters who are haranguing or otherwise mistreating enslaved black characters.

Occasionally, they’ve grabbed prop guns or started to shout about fighting back.

Racist and demeaning comments also aren’t uncommon.

Willie Wright, a veteran actor-interpreter, said a child once asked him if he was a slave. When Wright said yes, the boy, who was white, demanded that Wright bring him a soda.

A woman once stopped Seals to ask him a question: “Why are black people still so angry?”

“We’ve coined a term,” said Katrinah Lewis, the actress who typically interprets Lydia Broadnax. “Post-traumautic slave syndrome.”

The result: Colonial Williamsburg has struggled to fill one slavery role, for a young, black male.

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Seals understood her discomfort.

“There’s always a real strain to playing an enslaved character,” he said.

He would know, having begun working as a slave interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg nearly five years ago.

Seals is now a supervisor in the actor-interpreter unit, which employs 44 people, including 11 blacks, to act out historical characters, in proper period costume, around the 301-acre property.

It’s a scholarshipbased storytelling method known as living history.

Part of his job, Seals said, is to ensure that the actors remember that they are not who they interpret.

“We’re taught to be detached from your character; doing these roles really tests that hypothesis,” he said. “It’s not for everyone.”

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Husband hoarding cars, wife concerned over wasted money Dear Annie: My husband hoards email greetings to my list of friends, cars and is too lazy to fix them. Now and she was included. She called, he is lying about money, saying, “Oh, outraged, and I was forced to admit this is set aside to fix the cars.” But I that I do not believe as she does. Now, know he is frittering it away and wast- I don’t hear from her anymore. What ing his time. He always has excuses can I do? -- Blue Christmas about why he can’t fix the cars, but if Dear Blue: Not much. Your daughthat’s the case, why hang on to them? ter’s lack of tolerance is not unusual We have more than 10 cars on for someone who has adopted new our lot, and only one is really driv- religious beliefs. Please try to stay in able. Another is a collectible that he touch. Send her letters or emails letdoesn’t like to get dirty. The rest are ting her know you miss her and keepwrecks. He acts as if the ing her up to date on family drivable vehicle belongs news. Do not mention her to him, but he bought it religion or yours or the arfor me when I graduated gument you had. We hope, college as a replacement over time, her stringent for one that was stolen. He position will mellow a bit drives it every day, and I and she will contact you have to beg to use it. I have again. lost my mobility and indeDear Annie: I read pendence, and he doesn’t the letter from “Midwest care.

Cook,” who is appalled I work full time and when other people’s chilbring in a decent income. dren say they “don’t like” He is retired and watches what she’s serving. She videos and putters around says her own children will MITCHELL on the computer. I am anhappily eat anything be& SUGAR gry and tired of his lies. If sides sauerkraut and Brushe really wanted to fix the sels sprouts. cars, he would. I am sick of It seems unfair to me all of the excuses and lies. to acknowledge her own Why doesn’t he do somechildren’s food biases, but thing about these wrecks? Some have assume that any other child’s preferbeen sitting there for 20 years. -- Frus- ences are a result of being pampered. trated in Northern New York Manners, like saying “no, thank you,” Dear Frustrated: Somewhere in can be taught, but some people simthe back of his head, your husband ply cannot eat the way others do. believes he will get around to fixing If “Midwest Cook” will be regularthese cars. He is reluctant to part ly entertaining others’ children, she with them, because it means giving might ask in advance whether they up that little fantasy. The wrecks may have things they can’t (or won’t) eat. be annoying but are not critical to This would save her guests, even the your marriage. Taking the only us- children, the awkwardness of offendable car, however, is a problem. Can ing the hosts by declining food. -- No you afford another car? If so, get one Fish, Please for yourself. If not, stop begging. Tell Dear No Fish: Unless there are your husband the car belongs to you serious allergies, it is unreasonable and you intend to use it to get to work to expect hosts to cater to individand run errands. Maybe it will give ual tastes. A good host will provide him some incentive to deal with the enough variety that no one goes hunwrecks. gry. A good guest will find something Dear Annie: My husband and I love to nibble on without complaint. our youngest daughter and have alAnnie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy ways been proud of her accomplish- Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime ediments. However, now in her late 40s, tors of the Ann Landers column. Please she has become involved with a reli- email your questions to anniesmailbox@ gious group that does not celebrate comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbirthdays or holidays. box, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Over Christmas, I sent out some Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Case from Mexico reminds MDs should be on lookout for measles in travellers

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Public health officials in Toronto are reminding doctors to consider the possibility of measles when examining patients who return from spring vacations feeling under the weather.

The warning is inspired by the discovery of a man infected with measles after he returned from a trip to the Mexico beach resort of Playa del Carmen.

Earlier, New Brunswick officials reported a case of measles in a provincial resident who had travelled to the same Mexican beach town.

The Toronto man was in Mexico in mid-February.

Dr. Lisa Berger, an associate medical officer of health, says Toronto Public Health wanted to raise measles awareness among health-care providers.

While the virus no longer circulates in Canada, Canadians who are not protected from measles by vaccination or previous infection can pick it up while travelling in places where measles still spread.

spouse’s financial status or from mon- ance therefore; implement the needed ey that was once owed to you or even changes for an enhanced new you. some inheritance. This will settle an SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Be open old issue. to a new love interest; let your inner VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): child express your feelings This New Moon will emand your willingness to start phasize your main partneranew on the romantic level. ships: romantic, business or You may decide to rekindle counsellors. This signals a your union to a new level new start in all your imporof commitment. Implement tant unions. You may bond lavishly more fun into your with your mate on a more life. give and take manner which SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22should work greatly in each Dec. 21): You may wish to other’s favour. find new ways to rebuild LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): your emotional foundaHabits of all sorts will come tion. You need to heal old into focus at this time. Are wounds or repair an emoyou nourishing your body tional injury that was blockASTRO properly? Are you emotioning your way to happiness.

DOYNA ally balanced? Are you takApply this mending enering good care of yourself? gy to regain your spiritual You know the art of balstrength.

“In individuals it can be very serious, and it’s highly contagious. And we’d like to prevent any spread or secondary transmission of any cases,” Berger says.

Although measles doesn’t spread regularly in Canada, imported cases can sometimes result in some spread.

And on occasion, imported cases have sparked large outbreaks. in 2011, 750 measles cases were reported in Canada. Most of those cases stemmed from a large outbreak in Quebec.

The recommended two doses of measles vaccine gives about 99 per cent protection against the virus. Berger says people should take the opportunity to review their vaccination status and the vaccination status of their children before travelling outside the country.

Symptoms of infection include fever, a cough, red and watery eyes, a runny nose, and a rash. The rash normally starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. While most people recover without complications, the Public Health Agency of Canada says between two or three cases out of 1,000 result in death.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You may change your thinking in healthy ways. You may decide that for once, it’s not about being practical or calculated, but simply, be more in sync with your emotions and your mind.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may decide to invest into something that you think is worth your time and values. You may expect a boost in your earning abilities. The best part is that your self-acceptance will receive a bigger boost.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Expect your life to change in many ways at once. The seeds of positivity and good karma can be planted now. You can finally see things coming your way, which will empower you to act with much gusto.

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Monday, March 11 CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: Thora Birch, 31; Terrence Howard, 44; Elias Koteas, 52 THOUGHT OF THE DAY: A New Moon in Pisces signals a reconnection with our soul. We are embarking into a spiritual journey that gives us new insights. By letting go of our insecurities we accept life as is, but most importantly, we start accepting ourselves.

Artists and musicians get a heavy dose of finely tuned sensitivity to new levels of creativity and imagination. We need to embrace each other with compassion and sympathy.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today is your birthday, a vital year is approaching for you. New developments will change you to the core thus making you a highly intuitive and spiritual individual.

Be prepared for the newfangled changes that will take place in your life as these will mark you considerably. You will feel confident of your moves and bold in your actions.

Mutual receptivity will help you get the love and support you need to keep on rolling.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Improve your psyche by healing some of your old wounds, frustrations, irritations and fears. You may experience some inspiring epiphanies. Merge with your spiritual side by practicing some meditation or some yoga.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Profits can finally start to flourish from a business or organization that you belong to. You will surely love to see this positive outcome relating to your gains. A lover may become your friend or a friend may turn into something more significant.

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Left to cherish David’s memory are his father Gordon Gross, brother Doug Mosier, sisters Wendy Mosier and Debbie (Mark) Berlinguette, as well as nieces, nephews and Gordon Mosier. David was predeceased by his mother, Brenda Gross and grandparents Doris and David Rodger. In honor of David, a memorial service will take place at Potter’s Hands Ministries, 4935 - 51 Street, Red Deer, Alberta on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Memorial donations may be made directly to The Schizophrenia Society or Potter’s Hands Ministries.

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Rosedale Approx. 2 blks of Reichley St. & Reighley Close $68/mo.

Michener Area West of 40th Ave. North Ross St. to 52 Street. $236/monthly Good for adult with small car.

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 info

ADULT & YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED for delivery of Flyers Red Deer Express & Red Deer Life Sunday in GRANDVIEW MORRISROE MOUNTVIEW WEST LAKE WEST PARK Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

D2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Monday, March 11, 2013

EASTVIEW 100 ADVOCATE $525/MO. $6300/YR 2 HRS./DAY GRANDVIEW 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. per day

Carriers Needed GLENDALE Morning delivery 6 days /wk by 6:30 a.m.

WESTLAKE 75 Advocate $393/month $4716/yr.

1-1/2 hrs. /day

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308 CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Call Karen for more info 403-314-4317

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APPRENTICE RV MECHANIC Duties include: • All aspects of RV Service work • Seasonal extended hours • Customer interaction • Experience preferred and must be able to work independently Attributes: • Organized & Reliable • Outgoing • Physically fit • Mechanically inclined • Permanent position • Tool allowance • Training allowance • Company benefits

E-mail bill@unclebensrv.com Fax: (403) 346-1055 or drop off resume, Attn Bill/Service

4 days/wk Flyers & Sun. Life IN Highland Green Holmes St. & Heath Close

FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA Adams Close/ Adair Ave. Ainsworth Crsc.

Allsop Ave.

ALSO Wedgewood Gardens St. Joseph’s & Montfort Heights

BOWER AREA Brown Cl./Baird St Barrett Dr./Baird St

PINES Patterson Cres. & Pamley Ave.

INGLEWOOD AREA

Piper Dr. & Pennington Cres.

LANCASTER AREA

ALSO

Please call Joanne at 403-314-4308

Lagrange Crsc SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Crsc Scott St./Somerset Close.

Sunnyside Crsc.

DISPATCHER req’d.

Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential.

Good communication, skills both verbal and written. Must have effective time management skills and able to multi task in a fast paced environment.

Experience preferred, but will train suitable applicant.

Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

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VANIER AREA Viscount Dr./ Voisin Crsc Valentine Crsc.

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300 GRAYSON EXCAVATING LTD. requires experienced foremen, pipelayers, equipment operators, Class 1 drivers, topmen and general labourers for installation of deep utilities (water and sewer). Fax resume to (403)782-6846 or e-mail to: info@ graysonexcavating.com

DETAILING DEPARTMENT We offer excellent benefit packages and on-going training.

Please drop off resume to:

LANDSCAPING POSITIONS Physically demanding.

Own transportation.

Regular hours & hourly rate negotiable. Apprenticeship avail. Fax 403-341-3042

Uncle Ben’s RV & Auto

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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

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NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for 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

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THE BURNT LAKE GENERAL STORE is looking for F/T Customer Service person for shift work. Please apply in person, Hwy. 11 West.

No phone calls please.

Employment Training

900

FALL protection & confined space training. OSSA certified. Call 403-782-6644 fallprotech.com

920

Career Planning

For afternoon delivery once per week

Build A Resume That Works!

APPLY ONLINE www.lokken.com/rdw.html Call: 403-348-8561 Email inford@lokken.com Career Programs are

1 day per wk.

No collecting!!

Please contact QUITCY

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

requires

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

SCRAPER OPERATORS

EquipmentHeavy

Farmers'

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Angus Beef for Sale Ranch Raised, Hormone Free, Grass Finished See our website; www.flaghillranch. com Contact: Leo Johnson at 403 665 2497

FREE

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Homestead Firewood Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472

stuff CLASSIFICATIONS 1500-1990

Antiques & Art

1630

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

Firewood The A.R. Thomson Group is recruiting applicants that are looking for a stable career opportunity with our growing Manufacturing group. Increased product demand, and the addition of new product lines to our manufacturing division has required that we actively increase our workforce with the addition of the following positions:

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Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar.

Price depends on location.

Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346

ELIZABETH’S Antique & Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner Collectible Sale. Alberta BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Aviation Museum, 11410 del. Lyle 403-783-2275 Kingsway Ave., Edmonton, AB. March 15-16, 2013.

Household Duties to include fabrica- Friday 2-8 P.M. & Saturday tion prep, hydro-testing, 10-4 P.M. Over 140 Tables! Appliances general shop maintenance, APPLS. reconditioned lrg. operation of new product selection, $150 + up, 6 mo. line manufacturing equipAuctions warr. Riverside Appliances ment and occasional on403-342-1042 site work with our mobile hydro-testing trailer unit.

4 Positions available for Manufacturing Shop Technicians.

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Pre-Employment Drug / Alcohol screening and a background check will be required.

Hours of work are Monday - Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm (with sporadic overtime) Excellent benefits package and RRSP plan are also available.

Please Email Resumes to: Borsato.linda@ arthomson.com OR Fax Resumes to: 403-341-4243

Employment Training

900

Bud Haynes & Co. Auctioneers

Certified Appraisers 1966 Estates, Antiques, Firearms.

Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 347-5855

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Stereos TV's, VCRs

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2 COLOUR TV’S In working cond.

Sony Trinitron 33”, $100 Sanyo, 27” $75 Will take offers.

403-341-3099 COLOUR TV In working cond.

Citizen 21”, $50 ANSWERING MACHINE, $25.

Will take offers.

403-341-3099 HOUSE stereo, dual cassette deck, 5 disc CD player, audio/video receiver w/speakers $120 obo 403-782-3847

RCA audio video receiver FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, w/5 speakers $80 obo 403-782-3847 Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

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5 MATERNITY tops, S to HIGH back fabric loveseat XL, $5 each, 3 maternity w/leather arms, $200 obo j e a n s $ 1 5 e a c h , 403-341-5104 357-7475 403-986-2615 ROLL-A-WAY COT, $70.

MEN’S BLACK New Twin Mattress, $125.

OXFORDS, 403-877-4740 waterproof. Size 9.5, excellent cond. $50 403-227-2653 WANTED Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

for all Albertans

Household Furnishings

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2 WOODEN KITCHEN CHAIRS, $15/each, dryer, $100, 403-986-2615

Misc. for Sale

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COLEMAN PROPANE CAMP STOVE. 2 burner, 2 wind flaps, never used. $50.

403-227-2653 WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER, Samsung, with remote. Perfect condition. $125. OBO 403-347-0104

Cats

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SIAMESE ALSO BELINESE ( 4) KITTENS FOR SALE $50 each obo.

403-887-3649

Dogs

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5 PIECE canister set, large containers, rustic tone tan color, exc. cond., hand- BEAUTIFUL Pom Poos m a d e p o t t e r y, $ 6 0 / a l l , born Dec. 10, ready to go $300 403-864-0031 Sylvan B A B Y s l e d $ 1 2 ; b a b y 403-346-5423 bouncy seat, $30; baby CURIO cabinet $175; 2 gate, metal $30; angel maple chairs w/cushions Travel c a r e m o n i t o r $ 1 1 0 , $20 obo 403-343-1112 403-986-2615 Packages DOUBLE SIZED BED FRAME. 2 locked castors TRAVEL ALBERTA w/double box spring. $30.

Alberta offers 403-227-2653 SOMETHING for everyone.

GE Spacemaker washer, Make your travel as new $200 obo plans now.

403-341-5104 357-7475

Children's Items

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YOUR CAREER IN

HEALTHCARE

Auctions

Health Care Aide Medical Office Assistant Health Unit Coordinator Veterinary Administrative Assistant Dental Administrative Assistant and more!

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

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Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

In the towns of: DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Clothing

RED DEER WORKS Market

Isbister Close Inkster Close

Pallo, Payne & Parsons Cl.

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Carriers Needed

ORIOLE PARK O’Brien Crsc., O’Neil & Oxley Close

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BLACKFALDS COMMUNITY HALL Doors Open: 5:30 pm Auction Begins: 7:00 pm Auctioneer: Rick Horn For more details, visit:

www.blackfaldsfieldhousesociety.com Currently accepting donations!!

Call Holly at: 403-391-2310

Earthworks Division We require individuals with push pull experience, grade knowledge & able to work well with others for work in the Central AB area.

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED for Afternoon delivery in Bowden & Innisfail Please contact QUITCY

Fax resume to Human Resources 403-845-5370 Or E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

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Top wages paid based on knowledge & experience Career advancement opportunities

at 403-314-4316 or email qmacaulay@ reddeeradvocate.com

wegotservices CLASSIFICATIONS 1000-1430

To Advertise Your Business or Service Here

Call Classifieds 403-309-3300 classifieds@reddeeradvocate.com Accounting

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

Contractors

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BRIAN’S DRYWALL Framing, drywall, taping, textured & t-bar ceilings, 36 yrs exp. Ref’s. 392-1980

COUNTERTOPS

Wes Wiebe 403-302-1648 DALE’S Home Reno’s Free estimates for all your reno needs. 403-506-4301 JNM CONSTRUCTION Home Improvements, Framing, roofing, siding & finishing work! 30 yrs. Exp. Free Est. 403-505-2248 SIDING, Soffit, Fascia preferring non- combustible fibre cement, canexel & smart board, Call Dean @ 403-302-9210.

Escorts

1165

EDEN 587-877-7399 10am-midnight

Escorts

1165

Massage Therapy

1280

BUSTY hot blonde duo avail. 587-377-1898 Adrianna 19 yr. old

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

EROTICAS PLAYMATES Girls of all ages 598-3049 www.eroticasplaymates.net

VII MASSAGE

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car St. Patty Day specials and contest. mydiamondgirls. org 403-550-0732

Massage Therapy

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ASIAN Executive Touch Exclusive for men. Open 10 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 5003-50 St. 403-348-5650 CINDY’S Western & Chinese Traditional Massage, micro computer diagnosis. Insurance avail.

New girls coming. 4606 48 Ave. 8 a.m.- 9:30 p.m. 7 days a wk. 403-986-1691

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

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5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666 CENTRAL PEST CONTROL LTD. Comm/res. Locally owned.

403-373-6182 cpest@shaw.ca

Gentle Touch Massage

4919 50 St. New staff. Daily Specials. New rear entry, lots of parking. 403-341-4445 LINDA’S CHINESE MASSAGE

COUPLES SPECIAL

2nd person is 1/2 price.

Open daily 9 am-9 pm.

403-986-1550 #3 4820-47 Ave

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

Moving & Storage

1300

BOXES? MOVING? SUPPLIES? 403-986-1315 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

Painters/ Decorators

1310

PAINTING, Handyman Plus , mud/ tape, doors, trim, flooring.

Call 403-358-9099 You can sell your guitar for a song... or put it in CLASSIFIEDS and we’ll sell it for you!

Seniors’ Services

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

Daily The Red Deer Advocate Daily The publishes Red Deer Advocate advertisements from companies and corporations and associations from across Canada seeking personnel for long term placements.

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ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED for early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate 6 days per week in

DENTOOM’S Greenhouses is hiring F/T seasonal staff for planting production line to start today.

Please apply in person w/resume. corner of Hwy 2 & 11 A

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Condos/ Townhouses

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WESTPARK

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

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Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

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FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Acreages/ Farms

3010

EXECUTIVE BUNGALOW ON ACREAGE IN RED DEER. 4 bdrms, 2 bath, rent $2000 + DD avail.

403-346-5885

Houses/ Duplexes

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4 BDRM. 2 1/2 bath, 5 appls, garage $1695 mo.

403-782-7156 357-7465

BRIGHT SUITE in DOWN TOWN

2 bdrms., 1 bath, 2 appls.

No pets, No smoking.

Shared laundry. $925 & Power, SD $925; Avail NOW. Hearthstone 403-314-3399 or 396-9554

GREAT FAMILY HOME on 56 ST.

4 bdrms., 2.5 baths, 5 appls. Fenced yard w/dble garage. Storage. No pets.

No smoking. $1595. & UTILS, SD $1595. Avail APRIL1. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 396-9554

Condos/ Townhouses

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11/2 blocks west of hospital!

3 bdrm. bi-level, lg. balcony, no pets, n/s, rent $1195 SD $1000.

Avail. April 1, 403-304-7576, 347-7545

Manufactured Homes

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Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $899/month Mauricia 403-340-0225

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Suites

1 BDRM. apt. in Penhold, $740/mo. Avail. immed.

Incl. most utils, no pets.

Call 403-886-5288 3 BDRM. Oriole Park, 4 appl., incl. water., avail.

April 1, $830/mo.

403-348-6594

CITY VIEW APTS.

Clean, quiet, newly reno’d adult building. Rent $825., S.D. $700. Avail. Mar 15 near hospital. No pets 403-340-1032 or 318-3679

LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

Kelloway Cres.

Lovely 3 level exec.

3 bdrm. townhouse 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, concrete patio, blinds, front/rear parking, no dogs, n/s, rent $1395 SD $1000 Avail. April 15, 403-304-7576 or 347-7545

KITSON CLOSE

newer exec. 3 bdrm. bi-level townhouse 1447 sq. ft. 5 appls, 1 1/2 bath, blinds, lg. balcony, fenced in rear, front/rear parking, no dogs, rent $1395 SD $1000. n/s April 1st.

403-304-7576 / 347-7545 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

Riverfront Estates

Deluxe 3 bdrm. 1 1/2 bath, bi-level townhouse, 5 appls, blinds, large balcony, no pets, n/s, $1195 or $1225 along the river.

SD $1000. avail.

April 1 , 403-304-7576 347-7545

WELL KEPT TOWNHOUSE ON 71 ST.

Clean 3 bdrms., 1.5 bath, IN-suite laundry. Yard & unfinished bsmt. No pets.

No smoking. $1275. & Utils. SD $1275. Avail APRIL 1. Hearthstone 403-314-0099 or 396-9554

Manufactured Homes

Pinnacle Estates

Roommates Wanted

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F. preferred for 3 bdrm. renovated home, includes all utils, $450/mo.

403-986-8656

Mobile Lot

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LACOMBE new park, animal friendly. Your mobile or ours. 2 or 3 bdrm.

Excellent 1st time home buyers. 403-588-8820

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SYLVAN LAKE - Pie lot, Well priced. Good location.

403-896-3553 279139

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS 5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

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SUV's

2011 MITSUBISHI Outlander silver 45,000 kms, 10 yr. 160,000 warranty, LS, V6 auto 4wd, 1 owner, lease return, was $22,995 reduced to $20,995 Call Amy 403-357-0388 HRDS

5020 2010 FORD Expedition Eddie Bauer 4X4, $27,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

COLLECTOR CAR Auction & Speed and Custom Show. Featuring Ian Roussel, from Car Warriors & Big Schwag.

Mar 15th - 17th. Westerner Park, Red Deer. 150,000 sq.ft. indoor show.

Exhibitors space still avail.

Western Canada’s Largest Collector Car Event.

Consign today 1-888-296-0528 Ext. 102 EGauctions.com

Cars

Houses For Sale

2009 TOYOTA Venza awd 3.5L V6, 55,000 kms, smart key system, backup camera, heated leather seats, priced to sell $22,900 403-343-2020

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2012 HONDA Civic Hybrid Navi sedan auto, brand new, was $28,568 sale 2008 JEEP Grand Cheropriced @ 27,000 + taxes kee Laredo AWD, turbo and fees. Please contact diesel,$29888 348-8788 Amy 403-357-0388 HRDS

2008 MERCEDES BENZ E300 77,001 kms., $26888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 LAND ROVER Sport HSE AWD $28888 3488788 Sport & Import

2008 MALIBU LT sedan, 107,300 kms., serviced regularly, exc. cond., red, $9275, 403-887-5028

4000-4190

2006 CADILLAC Escalade ESV Platinum, $21,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

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FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 2007 MONTE Carlo SS Help-U-Sell of Red Deer 5.3L, 71,000 kms, loaded www.homesreddeer.com $16,500 403-346-3844 2005 CADILLAC SRX fully loaded, white diamond, Mason Martin Homes has 2007 MAZDA 6 GT sport, cashmere leather, 7 pass..

8 Brand New Homes fully loaded, leather, heat- 4.6L V8, 152,000 kms. starting at $188,900 e d s e a t s , n e w f r o n t rear DVD, $14,250.

Call for more info windshield, new brakes, 403-352-1863 403-588-2550 command start, winter & summer tires, very clean, www.laebon.com must sell, moving out of Laebon Homes 346-7273 c o u n t r y, $ 1 2 , 0 0 0 o b o Trucks 403-346-9214

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Acreages

ACREAGE, LAKE KOOCANUSSA, $79,900 403-227-5132

Manufactured Homes

4090

MUST SELL

By Owner.

Mauricia 403-340-0225

Income Property

2006 PONTIAC Grand Prix FWD, 65611 kms, $10,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

1985 GMC SIERRA Classic c/w 502 GM crate engine, full load, $7500 Call Harold 350-6800

Auto Wreckers

2005 NISSAN Altima SER $12,888 348-8788 AS & I

Vehicles Wanted To Buy

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A1 RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. AMVIC approved. 403-396-7519 REMOVAL of unwanted cars, may pay cash for complete cars. 304-7585

400/month lot Rent incl. Cable

$

Sharon (403) 340-0225 www.lansdowne.ca

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RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

20,000with Intro 2005 DODGE Magnum $9888 , 348-8788 AS & I

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Renter’s Special

WANTED FREE REMOVAL of unwanted cars and trucks, also wanted to buy lead batteries, call 403-396-8629

Car/Truck Rental

FREE Cable

5210

2000 PONTIAC Grand Am 2 dr. clean 403-318-3040 2005 CHRYSLER Crossfire 80954 kms., $12888 348-8788 AS & I

2 & 3 bedroom

modular/mobile homes in pet friendly park

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Nigeria greets killing of foreign hostages with silence as violence grows

by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KANO, Nigeria — Radical Islamic fighters killed seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, European diplomats said Sunday, making it the worst such kidnapping violence in decades for a country beset by extremist guerrilla attacks.

Nigeria’s police, military, domestic spy service and presidency remained silent over the killings of the construction company workers, kidnapped Feb. 16 from northern Bauchi state. The government’s silence only led to more questions about the nation’s continued inability to halt attacks that have seen hundreds killed in shootings, church bombings and an attack on the United Nations.

The latest victims were four Lebanese and one citizen apiece from Britain, Greece and Italy.

Britain and Italy said all seven of those taken from the Setraco construction company compound had died at the hands of Ansaru, a previously little-known splinter group of the Islamic sect Boko Haram. Greece also confirmed one of its citizens was killed, while Lebanese authorities didn’t immediately comment.

“It’s an atrocious act of terrorism, against which the Italian government expresses its firmest condemnation, and which has no explanation,” a statement from Italy’s foreign ministry read.

Italy also denied a claim by Ansaru that the hostages were killed before or during a military operation by Nigerian and British forces, saying there was “no military intervention aimed at freeing the hostages.”

Italian Premier Mario Monti identified the slain Italian hostage as Silvano Trevisan and promised Rome would use “every effort” to stop the killers.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague called the killings “an act of cold-blooded murder” and identified the U.K. victim as Brendan Vaughan.

A statement from Greece’s foreign ministry said authorities had already informed the hostage’s family. “We note that the terrorists never communicated or formulated demands to release the hostages,” the statement read, which also denied any military raid took place.

Ansaru issued a short statement Saturday saying its fighters kidnapped the foreigners from the construction company’s camp at Jama’are, a town 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of Bauchi,

the capital of Bauchi state. In the attack, gunmen first assaulted a local prison and burned police trucks, authorities said. Then the attackers blew up a back fence at the construction company’s compound and took over, killing a guard in the process, witnesses and police said.

Local officials in Nigeria initially identified one of the hostages as a Filipino, something the Philippines government later denied.

The gunmen appeared to be organized and knew who they wanted to target, leaving the Nigerian household staff at the residence unharmed, while quickly abducting the foreigners, a witness said.

In an online statement Saturday claiming the killings, Ansaru said it killed the hostages in part because of local Nigerian journalists reporting on the arrival of British military aircraft to Bauchi. However, Ansaru’s statement cited local news articles that instead said the airplanes were spotted at the international airport in Abuja, the nation’s central capital 180 miles (290 kilometres) southwest.

The U.K. Defence Ministry said Sunday the planes it flew to Abuja ferried Nigerian troops and equipment to Bamako, Mali. Nigerian soldiers have been sent to Mali to help French forces and Malian troops battle Islamic extremists there. The British military said it also transported Ghanaian soldiers to Mali the same way.

The ministry declined to comment further. Ansaru had said it believed the planes were part of a Nigerian and British rescue mission for the abducted hostages.

The U.K. has offered military support in the past in Nigeria to free hostages. In March 2012, its special forces backed a failed Nigerian military raid to free Christopher McManus, who had been abducted months earlier with Italian Franco Lamolinara from a home in Kebbi state. Both hostages were killed in that rescue attempt.

“I am grateful to the Nigerian government for their unstinting help and co-operation,” Hague said in a statement, without addressing the claim that the U.K. had launched a rescue effort.

In its statement Saturday, Ansaru also blamed the killings on a pledge by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to do “everything possible” to free the hostages. Presidential spokesman Reuben Abati didn’t respond to requests for comment Sunday.

Six teens killed, two injured in Ohio SUV crash Sunday morning THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WARREN, Ohio — A sport utility vehicle carrying eight teenagers crashed into a guardrail Sunday morning and flipped over into a swampy pond in northeast Ohio, killing six of them while two escaped, the state highway patrol said.

The Honda Passport veered off the left side of a road, hit a guardrail and overturned just south of the city of Warren, about 60 miles east of Cleveland, Lt. Anne Ralston said. Investigators say it came to rest upside down in the swamp and sank with five of the victims trapped inside. A sixth who was thrown from the SUV during the crash was found under it when the vehicle was taken out of the water.

The two survivors escaped and ran to a nearby home to call 911, the highway patrol said.

Ralston didn’t know where the teens were headed when the crash happened at about 7 a.m.

She didn’t have any information to release on possible causes of or fac-

tors in the crash, but the highway patrol planned a news conference for Sunday night.

“All I know is my baby is gone,” said Derrick Ray, who came to the crash site after viewing his 15-year-old son Daylan’s body at the county morgue. He said he knew that his son, a talented football player who was looking forward to playing in high school, was out with friends, but didn’t know their plans.

A pile of blue, green and copper-red stuffed bears grew at a makeshift memorial at the crash site along a twolane road tightly bordered with guardrails on either side in an industrial area. The sport utility vehicle had sheared off tall cattails along the guardrail.

There were also notes at the memorial, including a letter from Daylan’s 12-year-old half-sister, Mariah Bryant, who said she had learned they were related only in the past year.

“It hurts, it really does, because they are so young and, like, they could have had so much more to life,” she said.

“We just really started

getting close, and it’s hard to believe he’s gone.”

Two of the teens, both 15, were brought to a hospital in full cardiac arrest, St. Joseph Health Center nursing supervisor Julie Gill said, and were pronounced dead there. She said they were treated for hypothermic drowning trauma, indicating they had been submerged in cold water.

The two who survived, 18-year-old Brian Henry and 15-year-old Asher Lewis, both of Warren, were treated for bruising and other injuries and released, she said.

All those killed were ages 14 to 19, authorities said. State police identified them as 19-year-old Alexis Cayson; Andrique Bennett, 14; Brandon Murray, 17; and Kirkland Behner, Ramone White and Daylan, all 15. The Highway Patrol said Alexis was the only female in the vehicle.

It wasn’t clear who was driving.

All eight were from Warren.

It’s not believed that any of them were closely related, the highway patrol said.

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Most Pakistanis are Sunni Muslims.

The latest incident began Friday after a Muslim in the eastern city of Lahore accused a Christian man of blasphemy — an offence punishable by life in prison or even death. A day later, hundreds of angry Muslims rampaged through the Christian neighbourhood, burning about 170 houses.

Authorities have arrested 160 suspected members of the mob, many of whom were identified through TV footage and photos published in newspapers, said police officer Abdur Rehman. But it remains to be seen whether anyone will be held to account. Mob violence is not uncommon following blasphemy allegations, and police often round up large numbers of suspects.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave — an allegation the top American commander in Afghanistan rejected as “categorically false.”

Karzai said two suicide bombings that killed 19 people on Saturday — one outside the Afghan Defence Ministry and the other near a police checkpoint in eastern Khost province — show the insurgent group is conducting attacks to demonstrate that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace after their current combat mission ends in 2014.

“The explosions in Kabul and Khost yesterday showed that they are at the service of America and at the service of this phrase: 2014.

They are trying to frighten us into thinking that if the foreigners are not in Afghanistan, we would be facing these sorts of incidents,” he said during a nationally televised speech about the state of Afghan women.

Karzai is known for making incendiary comments in his public speeches, a tactic that is often attributed to him trying to appeal to Taliban sympathizers or to gain leverage when he feels his international allies are ignoring his country’s sovereignty. In previous speeches, he has threatened to join the Taliban and called his NATO allies occupiers who want to plunder Afghanistan’s resources.

U.S. and NATO forces commander Gen. Joseph Dunford said Karzai had never expressed such views to him, but said it was understandable that tensions would arise as the coalition balances the need to complete its mission and the Afghans’ move to exercise more sovereignty.

“We have fought too hard over the past 12 years, we have shed too much blood over the last 12 years, to ever think that violence or instability would be to our advantage,” Dunford said.

Karzai also denounced the arrest of a university student Saturday by Afghan forces his aide said were working for the CIA. It was unclear why the student was detained.

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a nationally televised speech about the state of Afghan women in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday. Karzai on Sunday accused the Taliban and the U.S. of working in concert to convince Afghans that violence will worsen if most foreign troops leave as planned by the end of next year. Karzai says two deadly suicide bombings on Saturday show the insurgent group is conducting attacks to help show that international forces will still be needed to keep the peace after their current combat mission ends in 2014.

Presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi said in an interview with The Associated Press that the CIA freed the student after Karzai’s staff intervened, but that Karzai wants the alleged Afghan raiders arrested.

The president issued a decree on Sunday banning all international forces and the Afghans working with them from entering universities and schools without Afghan government permission.

The Karzai government’s latest comments and actions come as it negotiates a pact with the U.S. for the long-term presence of American forces in Afghanistan and just days after an agreement to transfer a U.S. prison outside of Kabul to Afghan authority fell through.

They also came during U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel’s first visit to Afghanistan since becoming the Pentagon chief, a trip made in part to meet with Karzai.

Hours after Karzai’s speech, their joint news conference was cancelled by officials citing security

concerns, though officials said the two men still planned to meet privately.

Karzai said in his speech that any foreign powers that want to keep troops in Afghanistan need to do so under conditions set forward by Afghanistan.

“We will tell them where we need them, and under which conditions. They must respect our laws. They must respect the national sovereignty of our country and must respect all our customs,” Karzai said.

Karzai offered no proof of coordination, but said the Taliban and the United States were in “daily negotiations” in various foreign countries and noted that the United States has said that it no longer considers the insurgent group its enemy.

The U.S. continues to fight against the Taliban and other militant groups, but has expressed its backing for formal peace talks with the Taliban to find a political resolution to the war.

VATICAN CITY — The Vatican insists that the cardinals participating in the upcoming conclave will vote their conscience, each influenced only by silent prayers and reflection. Everybody knows, however, that power plays, vested interests and Machiavellian manoeuvring are all part of the game, and that the horse-trading is already under way.

Can the fractious Italians rally behind a single candidate? Can the Americans live up to their surprise billing as a power broker? And will all 115 cardinals from around the world be able to reach a meeting of minds on whether the church needs a people-friendly pope or a hard-edged manager able to tame Vatican bureaucrats?

This time there are no star cardinals and no big favourites, making the election wide open and allowing the possibility of a compromise candidate should there be deadlock. While deliberations have been secret, there appear to be two big camps forming that have been at loggerheads in the run-up to the conclave.

One, dominated by the powerful Vatican bureaucracy called the Curia, is believed to be seeking a pope who will let it continue calling the shots as usual. The speculation is that the Curia is pushing the candidacy of Brazilian Odilo Scherer, who has close ties to the Curia and would be expected to name an Italian insider as Secretary of State — the Vatican No. 2 who runs day-to-day affairs at the Holy See. Another camp, apparently spearheaded by American cardinals, is said to be pushing for a reformminded pope with the strength to shake up the Curia, tarnished by infighting and the “Vatileaks” scandal in which retired Pope Benedict XVI’s own butler leaked confidential documents to a journalist. These cardinals reportedly want Milan archbishop Angelo Scola as pope, as he is seen as having the clout to bring the Curia into line.

The other key question to resolve is whether the pope should be a “pastoral” one — somebody with the charisma and communication skills to attract new members to a dwindling flock — or a “managerial” one capable of a church overhaul in a time of sex-abuse scandals and bureaucratic disarray.

It’s hard to find any single candidate who fits the bill on both counts.

Italy has the largest group of cardinal electors with 28, and believes it has a historic right to supply the pope, as it did for centuries. Italians feel it’s time to have one of their own enthroned again after 35 years of “foreigners,” with the Polish John Paul II and the German Benedict.

But Italians are divided by which Italian church groups they have been affiliated with, and which leaders they follow.

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