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Space in short suppy AVERAGE VACANCY DIPS TO 3.1 PER CENT FROM 3.44 PER CENT IN 2012 BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

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Industrial space in Red Deer is growing increasingly tight, says a local appraisal company. And higher rents are the consequence.

Soderquist Appraisals Ltd.’s July 2013 survey of more than a dozen industrial parks in and around Red Deer revealed an average vacancy rate of 3.1 per cent, which was down 0.34 percentage points from the 3.44 per cent figure calculated for the same

month in 2012. The year before that, the vacancy rate was 3.7 per cent. “The economy, on the industrial side, is very, very strong,” said Mike Garcelon, CEO and senior appraiser with Soderquist. “So I can see the vacancy rate potentially going even lower than this. It might be sub-three next year.”

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Todd Simenson, senior principal with Stantec in Red Deer shows some flare as he flips a chicken burger off the grill at City Hall Park Tuesday. ‘It’s Stantec Community Day,’ said Russ Wlad, Stantec vice-president in charge of operations for Alberta Central Northern region. ‘We have basically taken all the resources of Stantec in Red Deer and focused them on a common effort and we chose the food drive (for the Red Deer Food Bank) because there is such a great need for food in the community,’ said Wlad. ‘Our goal is to have a couple of tons of food by the end of the end of the day.’ Cash donations and funds raised from the sale of burgers will also go to helping the Red Deer Food Bank.

EDMONTON — Alberta’s health minister has ordered an investigation into a complaint that mice were found nibbling on the face of a dementia patient at a long-term care home. Fred Horne said Tuesday the probe will be conducted under the Protection for Persons in Care Act, along with a review into whether health standards were breached at the Lethbridge facility. “I’m extremely angry about this,” he told reporters outside his office. “This is completely unacceptable. It’s intolerable in this province or any other province, and we will get to the bottom of it.” A health-care advocacy group has alleged that staff at St. Therese Villa found mice on the face of the patient on Sept. 1. The woman has disabilities and would not have been able to move the rodents away. Sandra Azocar, executive director of Friends of Medicare, said a nest of mice was later found in the woman’s closet. She has been given medication to prevent infection and is also suffering emotionally. Azocar said staff at the care home first complained about mice a year ago and they have also been fighting a bed bug infestation. The 200-bed facility is operated by Covenant Health, a Catholic health-care organization. Its vicepresident, Shelley Murphy, has acknowledged that St. Therese Villa has had mice problems in the past but said audits ensure standards are met and all of its buildings are kept clean. Horne said he’s concerned to hear that concerns of St. Therese staff may not have been heard by management. “My hope is that by ordering this investigation it will make it clear to everyone that we want the information, that people are free to tell their story, that they actually be encouraged to bring their concerns forward.” Horne doesn’t know how long the two reviews will take but said the results of both will be made public. As well, Alberta Health Services workers are monitoring operations at St. Therese Villa. Horne added that George VanderBurg, associate minister of seniors, will start touring various care homes across the province this fall.

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Trial hears steak knife, vacuum cleaner used in brawl BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF Trial is underway for a Coronation man accused of stabbing an acquaintance who refused to join him for a beer. Daniel Malcolm Holland is charged with assault, aggravated assault and using a knife for a criminal purpose in connection with an incident at the home of Steven Polege in Coronation on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2010. Polege, 40, testified before Justice Monica Bast in

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Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday that he got home late from work to find the house locked and the stereo blaring. Questioned by Crown prosecutor Tony Bell, Polege said he had some words with Holland after being let into the house. Polege told Bell he showered, changed clothes, joined Holland for a drink and then retired to his bedroom to watch a movie and get some sleep. He testified that Holland came to his door a number of times because he wanted someone to party with him. On the last occasion, Holland came into the room with a steak knife in his hand.

“He said, ‘Do you want a piece of this?’ ” Polege said the fight was on when Holland poked him in the stomach with the knife. He said he grabbed a small vacuum cleaner that was in the hallway outside of his door and hit Holland a couple of times in the head with it, continuing to punch the man after machine broke into pieces. He confirmed for defence counsel Molly McVey that he “slammed” Holland to the floor and continued to punch him after prying the knife from his hand.

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Diplomatic split threatens Syria deal The United States and France were at odds with Russia on Tuesday over the threat of force in a UN resolution. Story on PAGE A6

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Manitoba politicians told anti-bullying bill would battle double standards WINNIPEG — A Manitoba teenager who was initially not allowed to advertise a gay-straight alliance club in his high school has spoken in favour of the provincial government’s proposed anti-bullying bill. Evan Wiens of Steinbach addressed legislature public hearings Monday night on Bill 18. Wiens, who is 17, says a double standard was being set in his school by allowing local churches to come in and hold morning prayers, while advertising of his group was banned. The school initially blocked the advertising, saying the club and the proposed law allowing it infringed on religious freedoms. Some people have told the committee that Bill 18 uses too broad a definition of bullying, and would put teachers at risk of being labelled a bully for simply disciplining a student.

Saskatchewan buzzing after new bee species named for museum curator REGINA — There’s a buzz going around Saskatchewan about the name of a new bee species. The bee has been named after the Royal Saskatchewan Museum’s curator of invertebrate zoology, Cory Sheffield. Mexalictus sheffieldi, from the mountains of Guatemala, is one of 21 new species of Meso-American bees described in a paper recently published out of York University. Sheffield is a leading expert on Canadian bees. He discovered the species while examining a vial of specimens collected in 1987 by researchers at the Canadian National Collection.

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Kayla Wallace, her children Shay-Lyn and Savanna and Kayla’s mother and the children’s grandmother Donna McCrimmon launch their helium filled balloons in Red Deer Tuesday afternoon. The family joined others around the world marking World Suicide Prevention Day. In Red Deer Suicide Information and Education Services held a barbecue at Rotary Park to bring people together and remember loved ones who have been lost to suicide. The family wrote messages on slips of paper before launching their words into the sky in commemoration of husband, father and grandfather Mike McCrimmon, who died three years ago. Other communities through Central Alberta also recognized the day, including Lacombe where a walk for wellness and suicide prevention was held.

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VACANCY: Building space increasing The decline in the local industrial vacancy rate is occurring despite an increase in building space. From 2012 to 2013, the inventory grew by 386,322 square feet, to 12,544,269 from 12,157,947 square feet. Yet the amount of vacant space fell by 29,573 square feet, to 389,174 from 418,747 square feet. In July 2011, there was 11,778,672 square feet of industrial space in the Red Deer area, of which 435,650 was vacant. “When you look at the absorption rates, 415,000 square feet over a year; and if we combine the two years, that’s over 800,000 square feet of space absorbed into this market in two years,” said Garcelon. “That’s enormous.” But when supply can’t keep pace with demand, he continued, the results are predictable: higher rents and higher selling prices — both of which have been the case. “At some point it will balance out,” said Garcelon. “Prices can only go so fast for so long before things start slowing down.” He added that the temptation for renters and buyers to build their own facilities will also grow, especially with financing rates as low as they currently are. The Soderquist report also pointed out that a hot industrial market is better than the alternative, with the sector providing an indication of the strength of the broader local economy. In the 14 industrial parks that considered in the survey, vacancy rates ranged from zero in the case of Riverside Heavy Industrial Park to 30.1 per cent for Piper Creek Business Park. Among parks with more than a million square feet of building space, Northlands Industrial Park had the highest vacancy rate, at 4.79 per cent; followed by Burnt Lake Industrial Park, at 4.54 per cent; Golden West/Johnstone Industrial Park, at 4.42 per cent; Edgar Industrial Park, at 0.66 per cent; and Riverside Heavy Industrial Park, at zero. The Soderquist survey excluded governmentowned property, such as the City of Red Deer’s public works yards. Also passed over was Queens Business Park, where no buildings had been completed

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Industrial vacancy rates are on the decline in Red Deer and the surrounding area despite the addition of new buildings, like Melcor Developments Ltd.’s multi-tenant building in McKenzie Industrial Business Park. as of July. “There are about a half a dozen buildings under construction,” said Garcelon, pointing out that these will likely show up in next year’s survey. In addition to the 14 industrial parks, the survey included stand-along industrial buildings. The full report can be found on Soderquist’s website at www.soderquist.ca, under “Studies.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

REVIEW: Opposition demands answers Kerry Towle, seniors critic with the Opposition Wildrose, said the government needs to do more and should appoint an independent seniors advocate. Wildrose health critic Heather Forsyth called the incident shocking. “No one should have to think that their personal safety and security is at risk when they go into care at a long-term care facility in our province,” she said in a news release. “Quite frankly, it’s disgusting and we hope that the province and the facility start giving Albertans some answers immediately.”

COURT: Is there a case for self defence? Polege said he thought Holland had finally had enough and was heading back into his room when Holland stabbed him again, puncturing a lung and bruising his heart. Polege told the court that he could hear air blowing through the wound. He said he locked the bedroom door behind him and called 911 for help. Police witnesses testified that both men were taken to hospital in Consort for treatment. Const. Carl Almusa of the Coronation RCMP testified to finding a blood-smeared steak knife beside the kitchen sink and pieces of the broken vacuum cleaner strewn about the house, including one piece that was recovered outside a broken kitchen window. At issue in the trial is not whether the incident happened, but if there is a case for self defence, Bell said in opening remarks to Bast. He and McVey are to state their arguments today, with Bast scheduled to give her decision on Thursday afternoon. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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‘The stench was quite strong’ CHILDREN’S AID WORKER TELLS INQUEST ABOUT SMELL IN STARVED BOY’S BEDROOM BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — The house in which a five-year-old boy was starved to death by his grandparents seemed normal to a children’s aid worker who visited in the hours after the child died, that is, until he came upon a locked bedroom so putrid that the odour clung to his clothing. Osiris Villalobos, an after-hours emergency worker for the Catholic Children’s Aid Society, got the call the morning of Nov. 30, 2002, when Jeffrey Baldwin was pronounced dead in hospital. Villalobos first went to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, where he

saw the boy’s emaciated body. Jeffrey weighed 21 pounds — about the same as he did on his first birthday — when he died of bacterial bronchopneumonia as a complication of chronic starvation. Jeffrey’s grandparents, Elva Bottineau and Norman Kidman, were granted custody of the boy and his three siblings despite having previous child abuse convictions and were later convicted of second-degree murder. Testifying Tuesday at the coroner’s inquest into Jeffrey’s death, Villalobos said his next stop that morning was to the home where Jeffrey and his siblings had been living with Bottineau and Kidman, as well as two of their adult daughters and their families.

Everyone was watching television, Villalobos said, but nothing seemed terribly amiss. “If I had been there and not gone into that room I would not have had any concerns about that family,” he said. The other bedrooms were well-furnished, with plenty of blankets and a normal temperature, Villalobos said, but the bedroom Jeffrey shared with one of his sisters was filthy. And this one had a lock on the outside. “I remember the stench...the stench was quite strong,” he said. “It was so strong that you went into the bedroom and the odour stays in your clothes.” The floor was stained with urine and Jeffrey’s mattress on his crib, which had been turned into a day bed

of sorts, was soaked with human waste. Dirty diapers littered the room, he said. When a coroner who accompanied Villalobos pressed a gloved hand onto the mattress, urine pooled on the surface, Villalobos said. There was a latch on the outside of the door, which can be seen in photos shown to the inquest jury. Villalobos later learned that Jeffrey and his sister were not toilet trained, he said. Sometimes Jeffrey would drink out of the toilet, he was told. The room was also “extremely cold,” he said, much colder than the rest of the house. The inquest began on Monday and is expected to last three month.

Football player sues university over Beer mug sent wrong message: dean head injury suffered during game BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WINNIPEG — Two years after he says he was hit in the head during a university football game, Kevin Kwasny is still working to regain his mobility and is suing over a decision to send him back onto the field. The former defensive end alleges in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit that team coaches for Bishop’s University in Quebec kept him in the game when he was already dizzy from a hit. “He complained about his head being sore and that he got hit very hard . . . and they just told him to get back in there a couple of plays later and keep on going,” Kwasny’s father, Greg, said Tuesday. Kevin Kwasny, who is now 23, was taken to hospital during halftime in a Canadian Interuniversity Sport football game between the Bishop’s University Gaiters and the Concordia Stingers on Sept. 10, 2011. He had suffered bleeding on the brain and was in critical condition. Two years later, he is still undergoing therapy. He lives in a rehabilitation centre in Selkirk, north of his family’s home in Winnipeg, and is working to regain his mobility and strength. “He lost his whole right side, as if someone drew a line down him,” his father said. “He’s got some of it back — his fingers and his arms moving — and his leg is a little bit moving but not fully.” According to Kwasny’s statement of claim, Bishop’s has not paid for extensive medical costs. Family friends, Bishop’s alumni and others have donated money and offered support, Greg Kwasny said. Kwasny is asking in his lawsuit for $7.5 million. The university has told the Kwasnys it is a matter for their own health insurance, he said. Kevin Kwasny is asking Manitoba Court of Queen’s Bench for damages and legal expenses. The allegations in the statement of claim have not been proven in court. Bishop’s has not filed a state-

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Government cuts AHS execs as part of shake-up EDMONTON — The provincial government is eliminating five senior Alberta Health Services executive positions as part of a shake-up to make the system more efficient. The move follows a review that found the system is top-heavy with managers and should focus more on supporting health-care providers. The changes will include reassigning 75 other senior executives to positions where they will support frontline staff. Health Minister Fred Horne says more needs to be done to make patients and people the system’s top priority. The review says greater performance should be expected considering how much money the government spends on health care. Horne fired the entire Alberta Health Services board in June after a dispute over executive pay and perks.

Former students’ union president gets 18 months in jail for robbing bank CALGARY — The former president of Mount Royal University’s Student Association has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for her part in a 2012 bank robbery. Meghan Melnyk must also undergo counselling and perform 240 hours of community service. Melnyk pleaded guilty to stealing $6,200 from a Servus Credit Union to feed her gambling habit. Court was told a woman entered the bank, claimed she had a weapon, demanded cash, and then left with an undisclosed amount of money. Melnyk resigned from her position at the university.

Parks Canada looks at project to return bison to Banff National Park BANFF — Parks Canada is looking for public feedback on a plan to bring bison back to Banff National Park. Officials have already met with provincial and municipal representatives as well as technical ex-

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ment of defence and no court date has been set to hear the lawsuit. Kwasny’s lawsuit alleges he sustained a hit to the head during the first half of the game, left the field and told his coaches he was dizzy, had blurred vision and felt like he had had “his bell rung.” Shortly afterward, the lawsuit claims, he was told to get back on the field and was hit again. Coaches and trainers “failed to assess Kevin’s symptoms for signs and/or symptoms of a concussion or head injury as required or at all,” the statement of claim alleges. By halftime, Kwasny had deteriorated and was brought to hospital in critical condition. Jackie Bailey, the university’s dean of student affairs, said Tuesday that the coaches had no idea Kwasny was hurt until halftime. “We don’t feel that we’re liable . . . for the injury in the sense that as soon as we found out that there was anything even remotely wrong with Kevin, we put sort of as rapid a response in place as we could and got him to care as quickly as we could. “We have enormous compassion and always have for Kevin and his family and continue to feel enormous empathy for the situation he’s going through.” Two days after the incident, Gaiters spokesman John Edwards said Kwasny had shown no signs of injury and game films did not show any hit or play that might have caused an injury.

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — The dean of engineering for Memorial University of Newfoundland says there will be consequences for a sexualized beer mug that has prompted the school’s engineering society to apologize. Greg Naterer said Tuesday he’s disturbed by the mugs selected by the society for a recent student party off-campus. “I will be investigating within the university further, there will be appropriate measures taken and there will be consequences,” he said in an interview. The yellow souvenir mugs feature a cartoon image of a barely dressed woman and the words: “If She’s Thirsty ... Give her the ... D (DAY).” The words play on the party’s D-Day theme and refer to a phrase that originates from a pornography website and its use in stand-up comedy. The D represents the first letter of a slang term for penis. Naterer said the mugs show poor judgment but would not elaborate on potential consequences as he gathers facts on the incident. “Memorial will not tolerate any form of sexual harassment,” he said. “It was unacceptable, and I was very disappointed in our students. “It was very disrespectful and it didn’t represent my values, it doesn’t represent the values of the university nor, I believe, the values of the students.” Naterer said he had no knowledge of the mug before the party was held to welcome engineering students back for the fall semester. He said he first learned of it Monday when he received an emailed image of the design from another faculty member — not through any complaint received from a partygoer. The engineering department has about 1,200 undergraduate students and 400 graduate students. Women make up around 25 to 30 per cent of total enrolment, Naterer said.

perts to discuss the idea. The plan involves fencing off a certain area of the park and bringing bison in from Elk Island Park near Edmonton. The fence would be removed after the bison got used to their surroundings. At one time, bison roamed the east slopes of the Banff area in huge numbers, but vanished before the park was created 126 years ago. Parks Canada says it is inviting the public to provide feedback on the idea on the agency’s website.

Hiker falls to his death on trail in Banff National Park BANFF — A 54-year old man from Massachusetts is dead following a hiking accident in Banff National Park. The man was hiking with his wife Sunday afternoon on the Parker Ridge Trail when the woman became tired and returned to the car. The man decided to finish the hike. RCMP Sgt. Jeff Campbell says the victim then became disoriented and left the trail. Campbell says it appears the man lost his footing and went over a cliff. Search and rescue crews found the man’s body at the base of the 200-metre-tall cliff on Monday morning.

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Province finally releases wetlands policy EDMONTON — The Alberta government is releasing its long-awaited policy on protecting wetlands in the face of heavy development pressure, especially in the oilsands. The policy would assign greater value to some types of wetlands than others and would encourage developers to avoid their destruction. Where that’s not possible, developers could create new wetlands as replacements or pay into a fund to preserve and improve other such areas elsewhere in the province. Alberta has been developing the plan for seven years. An earlier version was torpedoed by complaints from mining and energy interests, who objected to its focus on no net loss of wetlands.

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‘HE COMPLAINED ABOUT HIS HEAD BEING SORE AND THAT HE GOT HIT VERY HARD . . . AND THEY JUST TOLD HIM TO GET BACK IN THERE A COUPLE OF PLAYS LATER AND KEEP ON GOING.’

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A rabbit out of the hat DESPERATE PROPOSAL TO HEAD OFF MILITARY INTERVENTION IN SYRIA JUST MAY WORK When someone pulls a rabbit out of a hat, it’s natural to be suspicious. Magicians are professionals in deceit — and so are diplomats. But sometimes the rabbit is real. On Monday morning, the world was heading into the biggest crisis in years: a looming American attack on Syria, a Russian response GWYNNE that could set DYER off the first major confrontation between Washington and Moscow since the Cold War, and the possible spread of the fighting from Syria to neighbouring countries. Or alternatively, a Congressional rejection of President Barack Obama’s plans that would have left him a lame duck for the next three years. By Tuesday morning all that had changed. A Russian proposal for Syria to get rid of all its chemical weapons was promptly accepted by the Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, and the Senate vote on Obama’s planned strikes on Syria was postponed, probably for weeks. If Syria keeps its word, the vote may never be held. What a difference a day makes.

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Now for the cavils. Nothing has been signed. Nothing has even been written up for signature. Maybe Syria is just playing for time. Perhaps Obama will want to pursue the Syrian regime legally for the poison gas attacks that he claims it has already carried out (though he sounded very relieved on hearing the news and didn’t mention any “red lines”). The sequence of events, so far as can be made out, was as follows. At the Moscow G20 summit last week, Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a one-to-one chat on the side at which one of them broached the possibility of persuading Syria to give up its chemical weapons entirely. Which one isn’t clear, and the idea was not pursued by either of them. Yet both men had reason to want such a thing, for the alternative was that Obama would lead the United States into another Middle Eastern war, not exactly what he was elected for — or that he would not get Congressional approval to do so and end up completely discredited. Putin would feel obliged to respond to a U.S. attack on his Syrian ally, but that could end up with Russian missiles shooting down American planes. There was then silence until Monday, when John Kerry, the U.S. Secretary of State, gave an off-the-cuff reply in London to a question about whether Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad could avoid an American attack. “Sure. He could turn over every bit of his (chemical) weapons to the inter-

national community within the next week, without delay,” said Kerry with a shrug. “But he isn’t about to.” Then Kerry got on a plane to fly home, and halfway across the Atlantic he got a call from the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, saying that he was about to announce that Russia would ask Syria to put all its chemical weapons storage facilities under international control, join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, and finally destroy them all. The Syrian foreign minister happened to be in Moscow, so within an hour he declared that Assad’s regime “welcomes Russia’s initiative, based on the Syrian government’s care about the lives of our people and security of our country.” By Monday evening Obama was saying that the Russian plan “could potentially be a significant breakthrough,” and the pot was off the boil. The whole thing, therefore, was made up on the fly. That doesn’t necessarily mean that it won’t work, but it is a proposal that comes without any of the usual preparation that precedes a major diplomatic initiative. The reason we don’t know the details is that there aren’t any. What we do know is that everybody — Obama, Putin and Assad — is clearly desperate to avoid going to war, and that gives us reason to hope. Two things that have to happen fast, if this rabbit is really going to run. First, Syria has to sign the Chemical

Weapons Convention and ratify the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention right away. That could be done within a week, and it would legally commit it to getting rid of all its chemical weapons and the factories that make them. Secondly, the United Nations Security Council has to pass a resolution demanding that Syria reveal the size and location of its entire stock of chemical weapons and place them under international control. France has already put such a resolution on the Security Council’s agenda; the test will be whether Russia vetoes it. It probably won’t. There is a great deal of suspicion in Washington that this is merely a delaying tactic meant to stall an American attack and sap the already weak popular support in the United States for military action. Moreover, it will be hard to send international troops in to secure Syria’s chemical weapons (at least forty storage sites, plus some weapons in the hands of military units) unless there is a ceasefire in the civil war now raging all over the country. But the American military will be pleased, because they were really unhappy about the job that Obama was giving them, and Obama himself looks like a man who has been granted a new lease of life. There will be time to try to make this work. Gwynne Dyer is an independent journalist whose articles are published in 45 countries.

Starting over on Senate reform Alberta is pursuing an elected Senate for Canada; however, it won’t function as hoped, even if Prime Minister Stephen Harper succeeds with implementation. As experience from other countries shows, elected senates in parliaments don’t represent regions well. Australia’s elected senate votes by party, not region. The reason is parliaments have non-confidence votes that can overturn governments, making party solidarity strong. COAG (Council of Australian Governments) represents regions. Elected senates are more DAVID often found in presidential systems, such as the U.S., BAUGH which lack confidence votes, making co-operation across party lines on local matters not unusual. The U.S. also grants some powers to Washington that in Canada are provincial and beyond our Senate’s review. Canada’s appointed Senate slows controversial legislation, alerting the public for lobby of MPs; it rarely blocks the elected Commons if public opinion doesn’t alter government plans. Two elected houses are more likely to deadlock when controlled by different parties. Alberta’s plan has no deadlock provision. Australia’s deadlockbreaking process does not work well. Other parliaments with elected senates, such as Spain’s, have a weak senate to avoid deadlock. Is a more legislatively powerful Canadian Senate, one that would also represent regions, even possible in our parliamentary system? Representation by population for the House of Commons gives Ontario and Quebec together 60 per cent of seats. The Senate was to balance that with representation by area; it has never done so. Alberta seeks to fortify the present Senate by election; with Alberta’s six seats and Ontario’s and Quebec’s 24 each, that would weaken Alberta. The previous plan, a Triple E Senate — equal numbers of senators by province, elected, effective, would have given the six smallest provinces a majority with 13.5 per cent of the population. Neither plan can achieve regional balance, let alone regional representation in national affairs. Regional representation includes not only means to protect vulnerable areas, but also co-ordination of government levels on economic and social challenges where both the provinces and Parliament have roles. Case in point is the standoff over the Canada Job Grant. Reform also should retain a capacity for what the current Senate does well: creation of good quality policy studies at low cost.

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Suitable persons appointed to the Senate for lengthy terms specialize through committee work, gaining more expertise in a policy field than MPs with frequent turnover and more diverse duties. Senate committees usually hold more extensive public hearings than do Commons ones. Absence of election facilitates co-operation, and multi-party endorsement of well-researched Senate reports. Final say for policy and political accountability remain with the elected Commons. For example, the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence, when chaired by Liberal Colin Kenney with Liberal majorities, was a critic of Liberal government rust-out of military equipment. Later, minority Conservative governments better equipped our troops in Afghanistan. After, when Canadians suffered twice the casualty rate as allies from road-side bombs, Kenney pushed for helicopters. When acquired, they saved limbs and lives. Harper seeks a Supreme Court opinion on his Senate reform initiative, including “elected-appointee” senators. A “no” could create an opening for ideas from other parliamentary systems. Exhibit A: Germany’s senate (Bundesrat) is the actual provincial governments. Voting is weighted, ranging from three for the smallest province to six for the largest. It does not hand control of the central government to provinces because the elected chamber (Bundestag) has final say in most matters, unlike

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Quebec unveils ‘value charter’ PLAN WOULD RESTRICT RELIGIOUS WEAR FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS name of history, in the name of heritage,” Drainville said. Low-level employees who wear a The Quebec government has re- visible crucifix, however, would have leased plans for a “values charter” that to tuck them away. As would those would impose unique-in-North Ameri- wearing hijabs, burkas, kippas, veils ca restrictions on religious clothing for and turbans. Drainville grappled with questions employees at all government institutions starting with schools, hospitals about other inconsistencies. Would elected offiand courts. cials be subject to these If adopted by the leg‘THE TIME HAS rules? No, he replied, arislature, the sweeping COME TO UNITE guing that voters have a plan would apply to the right to choose their rephijabs, kippas, turbans US AROUND resentative. That means and large crucifixes CLEAR VALUES people could, in theory, worn by more religious elect a cabinet minister public servants. AND COMMON or premier with a hijab It would impose a RULES . . . THIS — who would then force career-vs-faith dilemma junior employees to refor civil authorities like IS MEASURED, move theirs. judges, police, and prosBALANCED. What about courtroom ecutors; public daycare QUEBEC IS witnesses and elected workers; teachers and politicians who, in this school employees; hosINCREASINGLY staunchly secular state, pital workers; municipal A MULTIETHNIC, must swear an oath on personnel; and employdecidedly non-secuees at state-run liquor MULTIRELIGIOUS that lar document, the Bible? stores and the auto-inSOCIETY. THIS IS Drainville appeared surance board. The minister responA GREAT SOURCE caught off-guard by the question: “Oh, my God,” sible presented the plan OF RICHNESS. he replied, slowly, “we’ll as a guarantor of equaliget back to you.” ty, under a secular state. IT’S ALSO WHY And how about city “The time has come WE NEED CLEAR council meetings which to unite us around clear begin with prayers, in values and common RULES.’ places like Saguenay? rules,” said minister — BERNARD DRAINVILLE, Would they be allowed? Bernard Drainville. PQ MINISTER Drainville declined to “This is measured, answer the question. balanced. Quebec is He also brushed off a suggestion increasingly a multiethnic, multireligious society. This is a great source of that his plan would add to the bureaurichness. It’s also why we need clear cracy. One news report said the advertising plan, alone, will cost the governrules.” The proposal was swiftly slammed ment $1.9 million. Institutions could be spared from by much of the political class. The federal government said it will the rules if they obtain an opt-out seek the advice of the Department of clause, applicable for five years. The Justice and then head to court if the five-year exemption would need to be proposal is deemed to violate funda- adopted by an institution’s board of dimental rights. Both major Montreal rectors or by the local city council. Drainville stressed that the opt-out mayoral candidates also vigorously clause is designed only as an intermecondemned the idea. The Parti Quebecois government diary measure and should not be used was revealing its suggestions Tuesday by institutions to “systematically” exat the provincial legislature, 13 months empt themselves. While past polls have suggested after making an election pledge to insuch an idea could be popular in Quetroduce a charter for secularism. Not all forms of secularism would bec, a number of politicians immediately voiced their opposition Tuesday. be treated equally, however. Multiculturalism Minister Jason The giant crucifix above Montreal’s Mount Royal — and the one looming Kenney said Justice Department lawover the legislature chamber — will yers will be consulted and, if the plan be spared under the logic that they are is found to violate fundamental freeintegral to Quebec’s cultural history: doms, “we will defend those rights vig“The crucifix is there to stay, in the orously.” BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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‘WE ARE VERY CONCERNED BY ANY PROPOSAL THAT WOULD LIMIT THE ABILITY OF CANADIANS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR SOCIETY, AND THAT WOULD AFFECT THE PRACTICE OF THEIR FAITH . . . WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY PROPOSAL THAT WOULD DISCRIMINATE UNFAIRLY AGAINST PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR RELIGION, BASED THEIR DEEPEST CONVICTIONS.’ — JASON KENNEY, TORY CABINET MINISTER

‘FOR NOW, SUFFICE IT SAY THAT THE TEXT CONFIRMS OUR WORST FEARS . . . WE’RE CATEGORICAL IN REJECTING THIS APPROACH. HUMAN RIGHTS DON’T HAVE A BEST-BEFORE DATE, THEY’RE NOT TEMPORARY AND THEY’RE NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST. TO BE TOLD THAT A WOMAN WORKING IN A DAY CARE CENTRE BECAUSE SHE’S WEARING A HEAD SCARF WILL LOSE HER JOB IS TO US INTOLERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY.’ — TOM MULCAIR NDP LEADER

‘WE JUST WANT TO REASSURE THE PEOPLE LIVING IN ONTARIO THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO IS GOING TO DO, AND TO REALLY EMPHASIZE THAT WE VALUE THEIR DIVERSITY, WE VALUE THEIR CULTURE, AND WE’RE SUPPORTIVE OF IT.’ — MONTE KWINTER, ONTARIO MPP

‘I THINK MOST CANADIANS FIND IT OFFENSIVE AT THE IDEA OF CREATING A BARRIER AND OBSTACLE FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT FAITHS TO NOT BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN THAT PUBLIC SPHERE. I THINK THAT’S WHAT REALLY MAKES US SEPARATE FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD’ — JAGMEET SINGH, ONTARIO MPP

‘HOW CAN YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN HUMAN BEINGS LIKE, OH, IF YOU ARE PART OF A MUNICIPALITY, IT WILL BE OK IF THEY OPT OUT OF IT BUT IF YOU WORK FOR A MINISTRY IT WON’T BE? IF YOU’RE IN A PRIVATE SCHOOL, YOU CAN WEAR A VEIL IF YOU WANT BUT IF YOU WORK IN PUBLIC (SCHOOLS) YOU CAN’T.’ — FRANCOISE BOIVIN NDP JUSTICE CRITIC

‘FOR US AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE’RE GOING TO WORK ON SOMETHING THAT MAKES US TOGETHER, (RATHER) THAN TO DIVIDE US.’ — DJAOUDIA SELLAH SUBURBAN MONTREAL MP

Ottawa ready to challenge charter in court: Kenney BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — It’s not often top Tory cabinet minister Jason Kenney reads from prepared notes, or cuts questions short on two of his favourite subjects — multiculturalism and religious freedom. But Quebec’s proposed values charter appears to have the Conservative government choosing its words with care. Kenney said Tuesday that should the legislation pass, the federal Justice Department would study it for any potential violations of the constitutional right to freedom of religion, and mount a legal challenge if necessary. “We are very concerned by any proposal that would limit the ability of Canadians to participate in our society, and that would affect the practice of their faith,” said Kenney. “We are very concerned about any proposal that would discriminate unfairly against people based on their religion, based their deepest convictions.” Kenney did not expand on any specific criticisms that his government has with the proposal, taking a limited number of questions after delivering a statement. Infrastructure Minister Denis Lebel, who gave the government’s position in French, took no questions. Similarly, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird had little to say on Quebec’s proposal two weeks ago as he opened the government’s new Office of Religious Freedom — a program focused on protecting religious minorities abroad. The Parti Quebecois’ charter would emphasize the separation of church and state in the province by banning the wearing of obvious religious symbols by public-sector workers. Recent polls suggest a majority of Quebecers support the measures — a fact that would not go unnoticed by federal party leaders looking to feather their electoral beds before 2015. But the support the Conservative party has painstakingly nurtured among Indo-Canadians and the Jewish community in particular makes the situation much more complex. Over the years, the Conservative government has taken different approaches and positions to accommodating religious symbols and practices. Three months ago, Kenney used the word “ridiculous” in reference to a ban on turbans by the Quebec Soccer Federation. In 2011, he criticized some Parti Quebecois members for supporting a ban on Sikhs wearing the kirpan from entering the National Assembly.

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Three people are dead after a Canadian Coast Guard helicopter crashed in Arctic waters during a routine patrol to check ice conditions. The helicopter had been stationed on the icebreaker Amundsen, which was sailing through M’Clure Strait in the western Arctic as part of a regular program of scientific study. Those killed have been identified as Marc Thibault, commanding officer of the ship, helicopter pilot Daniel Dube and Klaus Hochheim, a veteran University of Manitoba Arctic scientist. “We are deeply affected by this tragedy,” said Mario Pelletier, the coast guard’s assistant commissioner. “Our deepest condolences go to the families of our colleagues, who we like to think of as our friends.” Pelletier said the Amundsen went through a crew change in Resolute, Nunavut, late last week. “It’s a brand new crew,” said Pelletier. “It was decided that an ice recogni-

tion patrol was needed in order to familiarize the commanding officer with the conditions surrounding the ship. “We lost contact with the helicopter. The ship made its way to the last known position and found three persons in the water.” Pelletier said weather conditions at the time of the crash Monday were good. The accident occurred during daylight. All three who died were wearing safety equipment at the time, Pelletier said. He wasn’t able to say how far the helicopter was from the ship at the time of the crash or speculate as to what happened. The Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The helicopter was a Messerschmitt 105, capable of carrying a pilot and four passengers. Its maximum range is about 400 kilometres when fully loaded. The Amundsen is a dual-purpose vessel, assigned to ice-breaking in the winter and to supporting scientific research in the summer.

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Diplomatic split threatens Syria deal AS U.S., FRANCE SEEK UN RESOLUTION, RUSSIA REJECTS USING FORCE TO ENSURE SYRIA DISARMS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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President Barack Obama addresses the nation in a live televised speech from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday.

Obama urges skeptical public to back strike on Syria BY THE CANADIAN PRESS WASHINGTON (CP) — U.S. President Barack Obama made an impassioned pitch to Americans on Tuesday night to support his push to punish Syria for purportedly gassing its own citizens, assuring a warweary nation that a military strike is necessary because “this is not a world we should accept.” “When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other day until those horrifying pictures fade from memory,” Obama said in a televised address from the White House at the end of a day of breakneck developments on the Syrian crisis. “But these things happened. The facts cannot be denied. The question now is what the United States of America and the international administration to back away from military action. Domestic support for a strike is uncertain in the United States, even as President Barack Obama seeks Congress’ backing for action — and there has been little international appetite to join forces against Assad. The U.S. and its allies have insisted Assad must be punished for an alleged regime chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds outside Damascus. The Obama administration, France and others blame the regime, but Damascus says rebels — not its forces —were behind the attack. The U.S. has

community is prepared to do about it, because what happened to those people u to those children u is not only a violation of international law, it’s also a danger to our security.” Obama took to the airwaves amid hopes that a diplomatic solution is at hand, one engineered by Russia, a frequent U.S. antagonist and Syrian ally. Bashar Assad’s regime said it’s accepted Russia’s proposal to place its chemical weapons under international control for subsequent dismantling. Such a move, if sincerely implemented, could avert the need for American military intervention in the war-torn Middle Eastern country. The Russian proposal hit a snag later Tuesday, however, when Russian President Vladimir Putin objected to a French proposal involving the United Nations Security Council. said more than 1,400 Syrians died; even conservative estimates from international organizations put the toll at several hundred. Fabius said the resolution must have teeth to ensure the Russian plan is not “used as a diversion. French authorities “don’t want to fall into a trap” that could allow Assad’s regime to skirt accountability or buy time, he said. Syria’s credibility in accepting the plan would be determined “by accepting these precise conditions.” He said the French draft resolution

‘Hang them! Hang them!’: Indian court convicts four men of deadly rape on bus BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW DELHI — An Indian court convicted four men Tuesday in the deadly gang rape of a young woman on a moving New Delhi bus, a brutal crime that galvanized public anger over the widespread — yet widely tolerated — sexual violence faced by Indian women. As word of the verdict filtered out, protesters outside the courthouse chanted “Hang them! Hang them!” The men were convicted on all 11 counts against them, including rape and murder, and now face the possibility of hanging. The sentences are expected to be handed down Wednesday. Judge Yogesh Khanna said in his verdict that the men, who tricked the 23-year-old rape victim and a male friend of hers into boarding the bus they were driving, had committed “murder of a helpless person.” The parents of the woman, who cannot be identified under Indian law, had tears in their eyes as the verdicts were read. The mother, wearing a pink sari, sat just a few feet from the convicted men in a tiny courtroom jammed with lawyers, police and reporters. The hearing lasted only a few minutes, and the four men were quickly led from the courtroom by policemen after the verdicts were read. Speaking before the convictions, the father of the victim called for the four to be executed. “For what happened with her, these brutes must be hanged,” he told re-

porters as he left home for the courthouse. “Nothing but the death penalty is acceptable to us.” Protesters called the Dec. 16 attack a wake-up call for India, where women have long talked quietly of enduring everything from sexual comments to public groping to rape, but where they would often face blame themselves if they complained publicly. “Every girl at any age experiences this — harassment or rape. We don’t feel safe,” said law school graduate Rabia Pathania. “That’s why we’re here. We want this case to be an example for every other case that has been filed and will be filed.” Lawyers for the men have insisted they were tortured — a common occurrence in India’s chaotic criminal justice system — and that confessions, which were later retracted, were coerced. A.P. Singh, who at times has worked as a lawyer for all the men, said they were innocent. “These accused have been framed simply to please the public,” he told reporters. “This is not a fair trial.” The men were identified by the young woman’s friend, and police say they could be seen on security cameras near the bus. The men, most of them from a crowded New Delhi neighbourhood of hand-made brick shanties filled by migrants from poor rural villages, were joy-riding around the city in an off-duty bus when police say they came across the woman and her friend waiting at a

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bus top. The pair — by most accounts they were not romantically involved — were heading home after an evening showing of Life of Pi at a high-end mall just a short walk from the courthouse where Tuesday’s verdict was read. Instead, the attackers beat the friend into submission, held down the woman and repeatedly raped her. They penetrated her with a metal rod, causing severe internal injuries that led to her death two weeks later. The woman, who was from another poor migrant family, had recently finished her exams for a physiotherapy degree. Her father earned a little over $200 a month as an airport baggage handler. She was, the family hoped, their path to the bottom rungs of India’s growing middle class. The defendants also came from poor and ill-educated families. One, Mukesh Singh, occasionally drove the bus and cleaned it. Another, Vinay Sharma, was a 20-year-old assistant at a gym and the only one to graduate from high school. Akshay Thakur, 28, occasionally worked as a driver’s helper on the bus. Pawan Gupta, 19, was a fruit seller. With them were two other men. Police say Ram Singh, 33, hanged himself in prison, though his family insists he was murdered. He was the brother of Mukesh Singh, who was convicted Tuesday. Another man — an 18-yearold who was a juvenile — was convicted in August and will serve the maximum sentence, three years in a reform home.

Philippine rebels hold scores of hostages as human shields in standoff ZAMBOANGA, Philippines — The Philippine government rushed more troops and police to the south of the country Tuesday as a standoff between about 200 Muslim rebels and government forces dragged on for a second day with no solution in sight. The rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the government, are holding scores of hostages as human shields near the port city of Zamboanga. Troops have surrounded the Moro National Liberation Front guerrillas and their hostages in four coastal villages. The rebels fired two mortar rounds near the main port Tuesday, prompting authorities to order vessels to dock elsewhere. Sporadic exchanges of fire continued and some houses went up in flames in rebel-held villages, forcing more residents to flee. Zamboanga was virtually shut down with most air flights and ferry services suspended. Communities near the clashes resembled a war zone with armoured troop carriers lining streets. The MNLF rebel group signed a peace accord with the government in 1996, but hundreds of its fighters held on to their arms and have recently accused officials of reneging on a promise to develop an autonomous region for minority Muslims in the southern Mindanao region.

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BEIRUT — The U.S. and France on Tuesday pushed for a tough United Nations resolution to ensure Syrian President Bashar Assad’s regime turns over its chemical weapons stockpile, but Assad’s ally Russia demanded the West take the threat of force off the table if Damascus fails to meet its promises. The diplomatic split threatened a deal that could avert American strikes against Syria. Assad’s government on Tuesday promised to co-operate fully with the Russian plan, which calls for Syria to put its chemical weapons under international control, for eventual destruction. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem told Lebanon’s Al-Mayadeen TV that Syria would place its chemical weapons locations in the hands of representatives of Russia, “other countries” and the United Nations. He promised that his country would also declare its long secret chemical arsenal, stop producing such weapons and sign conventions against them. Wary that Damascus is only seeking to avoid U.S. military action, Washington and France said they seek strong UN language to enforce the Russian plan. France said it would put forward a draft resolution under Chapter 7 of the UN charter, making it enforceable with military action. That met swift opposition from Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the plan can only work if “the American side and those who support the U.S.A, in this sense, reject the use of force.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told his French counterpart Laurent Fabius that it is unacceptable for the resolution to cite Chapter 7, his ministry said in a statement. Secretary of State John Kerry, in turn, said the U.S. rejects a Russian suggestion that the UN endorsement come in the form of a non-binding statement from the Security Council president. The U.S. has to have a full resolution — one that entails “consequences if games are played and somebody tries to undermine this,” he said. A State Department official said later that Kerry would travel to Switzerland this week to discuss the deal with Lavrov. The official, who was not authorized to discuss the mission publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the two diplomats would meet Thursday in Geneva. The 15-member UN Security Council cancelled plans for closed consultations on a Syria resolution Tuesday. The developments threatened what had been growing momentum toward a plan that would allow the Obama

would demand Syria open its chemical weapons program to inspection, place it under international control, and ultimately dismantle it. A violation of that commitment, he said, would carry “very serious consequences.” The resolution would condemn the attack and bring those responsible to justice, he said. Obama threw his support behind the resolution. British Prime Minister David Cameron said his country would join France and the U.S. in putting forward the proposal. Russia, meanwhile, was working with Damascus on a detailed plan of action to be presented, Lavrov said. Russia will then be ready to finalize the plan with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. “We agreed to the Russian initiative as it should thwart the U.S. aggression against our country,” Syria’s al-Moallem said. Obama, who was to deliver a national address on Syria later Tuesday, cautiously welcomed the proposal. But he said the U.S. is still prepared to go ahead with strikes if it falls through. He reached back into history — and the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union — to underline the need for enforcement. “The key is, to paraphrase Ronald Reagan, that we don’t just trust, but we also verify,” Obama told CBS. “The importance is to make sure that the international community has confidence that these chemical weapons are under control, that they are not being used, that potentially they are removed from Syria and that they are destroyed.” Obama said the idea actually had been broached in his 20-minute meeting with Putin last week on the sidelines of an economic summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Obama said he directed Kerry to have more conversations with the Russians and “run this to ground.” On Monday, Kerry said Assad could resolve the crisis by surrendering control of his chemical arsenal to the international community. Lavrov responded by promising to push Syria to place its chemical weapons under international control and then dismantle them quickly, to avert U.S. strikes. Syria’s acceptance came less than 24 hours later. The Syrian National Coalition dismissed the Assad government’s turnaround as a manoeuvr to escape punishment for a crime against humanity. The coalition had been hoping for military strikes from abroad to tip the balance in the war of attrition between rebels and Assad’s forces. In a statement Tuesday, the coalition said Moscow’s proposal “aims to procrastinate and will lead to more death and destruction of the Syrian people.”

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BRIEFS Fake grenades force brief evacuation of airport

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — The airport in Prince George, B.C., was briefly evacuated in a security scare over two tobacco grinders spotted in a man’s carry-on luggage. Security personal thought the grinders were hand grenades. In fact, RCMP Corp. Craig Douglass says the grinders were made to look just like hand grenades. Douglass says any security staff member looking at the replicas through an X-ray machine would probably have their heart stop. The airport was evacuated Tuesday morning for about 30 minutes, delaying a few flights. Douglass says the 44-year-old man who packed the replicas was questioned and released without charges when officers determined he intended no harm.

Disaster team ‘of no use whatsoever’ BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. — The specialized disaster team that deployed to the site of last year’s deadly mall collapse in northern Ontario came under withering criticism Tuesday over its role in the rescue operation. In evidence at the judicial inquiry into the tragedy, crane company owner Dave Selvers said the Toronto-based Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team showed “limited efficiency.” “(They) were of no use whatsoever in a situation like this,” Selvers noted. “This team did not have any idea as to the means required to perform this operation.” Selvers’s company, Millennium Crane of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., was called in hours after part of the mall’s rooftop parking deck collapsed in the afternoon of June 23, 2012, and worked under direction of the Ontario Provincial Police. His crew arrived on the scene the next morning at a time when it was feared victims were still alive in the rubble and removed some of the precarious debris. Selvers said he thought the heavy urban search and rescue team — known as Canada TF3 — under Toronto police Staff Insp. Bill Neadles had no idea how to go about the rescue task.

“There were too many people relaying too many different messages,” he said of the team’s leadership. “I didn’t know what directive was going to be fired at me next.” TF3 is one of five such urban search and rescue teams in Canada that can respond to disaster situations. But Selvers said TF3 did not have the needed equipment. Not did its personnel appear to understand anything about building construction yet they were reluctant to tap the expertise at hand. He said he was surprised at the search team’s unwillingness to call in a heavy crane to remove rubble partly because of the roughly $2,500 an hour cost. “I thought life was worth more than that.” By contrast, Selvers said, the provincial police rescue team was “organized and professional” while several TF3 people were “walking around really doing nothing.” Neadles, who began testifying after Selvers Tuesday, has yet to respond directly to the criticism. In his early testimony, Neadles described the scramble to assemble his team — comprising Toronto police officers, firefighters and EMS personnel — on the Saturday afternoon of the collapse.

Pulling the members together was a matter of “who picked up the phone first,” he said. Ultimately, they deployed on the sevenhour drive to Elliot Lake with about three dozen people, roughly half a full complement and no crane. The team arrived in the early hours of Sunday in pouring rain with little detailed information about the situation on the ground. “There is one confirmed female adult for recovery and a fluctuating and inconsistent number of potential unaccounted for persons,” he wrote in an update hours after arrival. Neadles shocked the community two days after the collapse when he announced the rescue effort had been called off. Many residents believed people were still alive in the rubble and demanded the rescue resume. There was even chatter in town that a group of men were planning to storm the structure themselves late at night to look for victims. The official search did continue hours after it was called off — after a phone call with the premier. “This got very political and it was very frustrating,” Selvers said. The bodies of Doloris Perizzolo and Lucie Aylwin were pulled from the rubble four days after the collapse.

Porpoise found near death months ago is released to wild off B.C.’s coast SAANICH INLET, B.C. — An adult porpoise rescued off British Columbia’s Saanich Inlet has been released back into the wild following months of rehabilitation and an emotional goodbye from those who nursed it back to health. Levi was found near death last March, stranded on a beach and suffering from muscle damage and a lung infection. Vancouver Aquarium veterinarian Dr. Martin Haulena says the cetacean couldn’t swim on its own and had trouble hearing, but was able to make a recovery with the help of staff at the aquarium’s marine mammal rescue centre. After a two-hour boat ride that involved constant monitoring of Levi for signs of stress and keeping it moist with wet towels, staff entered the water with the animal near Saltspring Island. The porpoise then calmly swam away from the arms of staff, slipping underneath the water and surfacing again metres away, which Haulena says is a good sign that Levi is back to normal.

African woman promised job at B.C. salon, but instead became unpaid maid: Crown VANCOUVER — The human trafficking trial of a woman accused of forcing a young Tanzanian woman into domestic servitude has heard allegations the young woman was forced to work long hours with no pay while her passport was kept locked away. Mumtaz Ladha faces several charges over accusations she deceived immigration officials to bring the alleged victim to Canada, and then forced the woman to work as a maid. The trial started earlier this month, but Crown counsel Simon Charles outlined the prosecution’s case in what was described as a mid-trial opening statement. Charles says the Crown will present evidence to show the victim, whose name is banned from publication, met Ladha in Africa when she was hired to work at a salon. Charles says at one point, Ladha convinced the victim, who had a young child, to come to Canada for six months to work at a salon in the Vancouver-area. But Charles says when the young woman arrived, she was instead handed a maid’s outfit and told to clean the family home.

FIT FOR DUTY ONLY A FEW HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO WEAR THE UNIFORM Provincial peace officers have some of the most demanding jobs in Alberta. Keeping correctional facilities and courthouses secure, supervising offenders in the community, patrolling our highways or ensuring commercial vehicles are operated properly, they put their lives on the line every day to keep the rest of us safe. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees salutes their dedication.

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STUDY SEES QUEBEC, ONTARIO AS BIG ECONOMIC WINNERS FROM ENERGY EAST BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — A study commissioned by TransCanada Corp. shows Ontario and Quebec among the biggest economic winners from construction of its proposed Energy East pipeline, though company CEO Russ Girling admits it will take more than rosy numbers to win public support for the $12-billion project. The report by Deloitte &

Touche LLP, released Tuesday by TransCanada (TSX:TRP), predicts some 10,071 direct full-time equivalent jobs across the country will be needed to develop and build Energy East until 2018. Of that, Quebec represents 36 per cent and Ontario 23 per cent. Once the pipeline is up and running, Deloitte sees the creation of some 1,081 direct jobs, at which point Alberta will start to see a bigger share of direct employment.

The study also found the project would add about $35.3 billion to Canada’s gross domestic product in the development and construction phase and over the 40-year life of the project. As well, it’s expected to add $10.2 billion in tax revenues at the municipal, provincial and federal levels the over that time. The premiers of Alberta and New Brunswick are staunch supporters of the project, but it’s not known whether

other provinces — notably Quebec — will embrace it. “There’ll be other issues with respect to the routing of our pipeline, impacts on landowners and other stakeholder issues that we’re going to need to understand and manage our way through,” Girling told reporters from Fredericton. “And those other issues, along with the economic benefits, I think will play into the support that we garner or don’t for this project.”

The 4,500-kilometre Energy East pipeline would connect up to 1.1 million barrels per day of western crude to refineries and export terminals in Quebec and New Brunswick. The proposal involves converting a portion of TransCanada’s underused natural gas mainline to oil service and building 1,400 kilometres of new pipe from west of Montreal to Saint John, N.B.

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Housing starts on upswing A year-over-year increase in construction activity involving multi-family projects pushed Red Deer’s housing starts in August ahead of the tally from a year ago. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. reported on Tuesday that work commenced on 36 units in multifamily buildings in the city last month, up from 14 in August 2012. That more than made up for a decline in singledetached starts, which dropped to 33 this August from 50 a year earlier. Residential construction in Red Deer this year is well ahead of the eight-month pace in 2012. As of Aug. 31, there were 265 starts on single-detached homes and 254 on multi-family units, for a total of 519. That compares with 427 starts to the same point in 2012, with that figure made up of 242 single-detached houses and 185 multi-family units. Elsewhere among Alberta’s largest urban centres, housing starts for 2013 are up in Edmonton, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge and the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, but down in Calgary and Medicine Hat. For the month of August alone, total housing starts among urban centres with 10,000 or more people were 171 fewer this year than in the same month of 2012. Nationally, CMHC said housing starts were down for the third consecutive month in August, as developers scaled back the number of new condo and apartment buildings in urban areas. Housing starts in urban areas fell by 5.8 per cent from July’s level, mostly because of fewer multipleunit projects such as condos or apartments, said CMHC.

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August permits jump by $8 million Construction projects in Queens Business Park contributed to a nearly $8 million increase in building permit values for the City of Red Deer in August, as compared with the same month of 2012. The city reported on Tuesday that it approved $19 million worth of work last month, as compared with $11.1 million in August 2012. Industrial permits accounted for $8.2 million of this August’s tally, with two for buildings in Queens Business Park representing $4.7 million of that figure. Residential permits made up $9 million, with public projects adding

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$1.4 million and commercial work $470,000. Last August, permits in the industrial category made up $2.6 million of the monthly total, with residential approvals adding $7 million, public projects $140,000 and commercial work $1.4 million. Eight months into 2013, the city has issued building permits for work valued at $171.9 million, as compared with $153.2 million to the same point last year. The cumulative value of the permits issued is up in the industrial and public categories, but lower when it comes to residential and commercial work.

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A sign technician works to install a new sign on the renamed Executive Place office building in Red Deer. The office tower has been renamed Stantec Executive Place referring to its anchor tenant.

Stantec puts brand on Executive Place Stantec Inc. has occupied the top floors of Executive Place for more than a year. Now the international consulting firm has laid claim to the 4900 50th St. building itself. The 12-storey structure has been renamed Stantec Executive Place, with new signage installed on Tuesday. The timing was good, said Stantec vice-president Russ Wlad, because the company’s new brand and logo were unveiled the same day. “That’s the first time that that’s been seen across North America,” said Wlad.

Originally leasing the top five levels of Executive Place, Stantec has now spread to the seventh floor and plans to occupy a portion of the ground level as well. Wlad said about 190 staff are located there, and the company is pleased with its premises. “We’re very proud to have such a presence in Red Deer, right down by City Hall Park and the downtown.” Discussions about naming rights to Executive Place date back to Stantec’s original lease, said Wlad. He added that those naming rights coincide with the lease

term. In addition to a new logo, the Stantec brand now emphasizes the company’s responsibilities to the communities it serves. Stantec offices around the world celebrated the new brand on Tuesday by holding a “Stantec in the Community Day.” This involved community service, with the Red Deer office conducting a barbecue in support of the Red Deer and District Food Bank. Wlad said staff chose the food bank as the focus of the community day in Red Deer.

Tastes of Ireland coming to Red Deer Area residents with a taste for Irish food, drink and culture will soon have a new place to satiate their appetite. A Fionn MacCool’s pub is slated to open in the former premises of Kelsey’s Restaurant, at 1935 Gaetz Ave. Katherine Clark, a spokeswoman with Fionn MacCool’s parent company — Prime Restaurants Inc. — said the business is scheduled to open in early December. She described Fionn MacCool’s as “a premium Irish pub” that serves international food as well as beer, whiskey, cocktails and wine. Live entertainment is ex-

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PIPELINE: Provinces expected to benefit The economic figures don’t include the impact of higher Canadian crude prices that would result from being able to sell the product in lucrative overseas markets. Nor does it incorporate the lower crude costs eastern refineries may enjoy, said Deloitte’s Trevor Nakka, one of the study’s authors. “In this context, the study is conservative in nature,” Nakka told reporters. “It doesn’t seek to extend the boundary or scope of economic impacts. The economic impacts are estimated to be only those related to the project itself.” Ontario is expected to see a boost of nearly $2.7 billion to its gross domestic product during construction and $10.3 billion over the pipeline’s operation. Nakka said the big increase during the operations phase is mainly due to the large amount of electricity the 30 pump stations in the province will use. Deloitte sees about $3.1 billion being added to Quebec’s GDP during construction and more than $3.2 billion during operation. The economic benefits to Alberta, though relatively modest initially, are expected to pick up significantly once the pipeline is operational. It is seen having a $1.7-billion boost to GDP over the next six years and then a $6.1-billion boost over the subsequent 40 years. New Brunswick — home to the country’s largest oil refinery — is expected to see its GDP rise by nearly $1.2 billion during development and construction and by $1.6 billion during operations. Meanwhile, TransCanada is seeking approval from the U.S. State Department to build its controversial $5.4-billion Keystone XL pipeline, which would enable oilsands crude to flow to U.S. markets. In touting the benefits of that proposal, TransCanada has said it expects 13,000 jobs to be created, but those figures have been questioned by many critics. Even U.S. President Barack Obama has said he expects the jobs created by Keystone XL to be a fraction of what TransCanada is projecting. “There’s certain folks that are firmly opposed to the development of our pipelines and I think have purposefully tried to confuse the job numbers,” said Girling. “What we’re trying to do here is be as transparent as possible in terms of the communication of the job numbers. ... Our objective here is not to confuse anybody. It’s to be as transparent as possible.” Given the diverging views of Keystone XL’s economic impact, Greenpeace Canada’s Keith Stewart said the latest Energy East figures should be viewed with a “skeptical eye.” But more broadly, Stewart said it’s a question of the kind of economy Canadians want to build. “We would create more jobs and build a better economy if we spent $12 billion on public transit and greener vehicles that reduce our oil consumption, rather than on building a pipeline that fuels climate change by deepening the world’s addiction to dirty oil,” Stewart said. Environmental Defence’s Adam Scott said there are other economic impacts to consider when weighing pipelines like Energy East, such as their role in enabling oilsands development — “the fastest growing source of global warming pollution in Canada.” “The economic impacts of a warming climate were felt in Alberta and Ontario in the form of unprecedented flooding this summer,” Scott said. “Cleanup costs from Calgary’s flooding exceeded $3 billion dollars while costs of cleaning up Toronto’s flooding are estimated at $850 million.” Federal Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver welcomed the Deloitte report. “Pipelines moving oil from the west to the east would be among the most expansive and ambitious stretches of energy infrastructure in the world, and would contribute to the energy security of Canada and all of North America,” he said. “Replacing higher-cost foreign crude with lowercost Canadian crude for refineries in Quebec and Atlantic Canada would protect and increase job opportunities in the refinery sector and ensure a competitive fuel supply for consumers.”

HOUSING: Alberta accounts for bulk of drop on Prairies BMO economist Benjamin Reitzes said Ontario was one of the few bright spots, with starts up 14 per cent. That was offset by declines in the other regions, with the Prairies down 21 per cent, British Columbia 18 per cent, Quebec nine per cent and Atlantic Canada seven per cent. Alberta accounted for the bulk of the drop in the Prairies, leading Reitzes to suggest efforts to clean up from devastating floods in late July may have diverted resources away from new home construction. “Canada’s housing market remains in good shape despite the larger-than-expected decline in August housing starts,” Reitzes said in a commentary. With files by The Canadian Press.

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Julie Calderwood, a longtime donor to Olds College, poses during the grand opening of the college’s Botanic Gardens and Treatment Wetlands last Thursday. The facility, which has been under construction for several years, will support research into the removal of contaminants from water used in a various industries. It will also serve as an educational tool about the importance of wetlands to the environment, with naturalized landscapes, specialty gardens, walking trails, demonstration plots, an arboretum and 20 constructed treatment wetlands and display ponds.

Attracting and keeping the best workers during a time of skilled labour crisis In late August, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business released its Business Barometer survey results. Small business confidence continues to grow at a steady pace, and has been since the beginning of the year. In a close third place behind Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, small business owners in Alberta are more optimistic relative to the other provinces. Approximately 23 per cent expect to hire staff before year end. That said, more than any other factor, 37 per cent identified the shortage of skilled labour as the most limiting factor to business sales and growth. In most business sectors, there is a huge gap between the need and the ability to JOHN fill positions with qualified MACKENZIE people. There is a definitely a skilled labour crisis, particu- ACTION COACH larly in the trades and specifically with experienced sales personnel. The old adage, “Hire for attitude, train for skill,” is very valid. However, keep in mind that certain personality and communication styles succeed in a sales role better than others. It’s often easier to teach product knowledge; more challenging to teach sales. The expense of recruiting, hiring and training, plus the loss of productivity, has huge impacts on any business. Taking time to develop a quality hiring process will save you time and money, plus ensure you hire the right person for the job. The first step is to revisit your vision, goals and objectives for the business. What’s changed? Do you know where you plan to be in five years? Then create detailed job descriptions for the positions you actually need to fill. Include key roles, key performance indicators (KPIs) and expected performance standards. This planning is critical to successful hires. Introduce and discuss all these areas with potential candidates during the recruitment phase. Be accurate and truthful. Take time to discuss backgrounds and highlight your future vision for your company. Follow through during the hiring and orientation phases. A well-developed sales training program is a great investment. Help new recruits in the first few months on the job. The opportunity to earn some salary as they build their sales will help to eliminate the fear associated with a commissions-only position. Ongoing product training and opportunities to polish sales skills will benefit new hires as well as a veteran sales team. Providing learning opportuni-

ties will aide them to achieve their goals and build capacity. It stands to reason that experienced salespeople in similar fields and business sectors would be your first choice. It’s imperative that you check all references to determine if a record of performance is authentic. Unexpected turnover can be a profit-killing liability and affect the company’s bottom line. Progressive employee turnover may be indicating a larger problem in your business. The root cause may be attributed to a chronic, chaotic working environment. A company with the “throw the mud against the wall and see what sticks” attitude is a constant source of frustration for employees. A lack of vision, planning and processes leads to persistent low morale. When conditions decline, the first to leave are the A-talent team members. Those that possess transferable skills are most likely to exercise their options and move on. A high-achieving sales person thrives on recognition. Their success is your success. An A-talent team member is confident in their abilities and usually capable of some level of self-management. A company that matches individual key motivators with performance measures will improve overall productivity. Develop a well-defined incentive plan that appeals to specific individuals and rewards achievement. Excellence in sales is a combination of talent, experience and consistency. A company that places unreasonable expectations on their sales team, and uses threats and intimidation, will face a revolving door of personnel. Often sales people are promoted to managers because of their records but they don’t necessarily possess the skills needed to coach others. Some A-talent sales people don’t want the headaches of a management role. When promoting internal candidates, evaluate them carefully to determine if there is interest and ability to effectively support and mentor your team. Set up a customer relationship management (CRM) system and require everyone to use it, from front-end reception through to back-door delivery. Studies indicate that business processes increase productivity in key areas by 50 per cent. Employee turnover may be a symptom of deeper, fundamental issues in the business. On the positive side, a small amount of turnover can bring new talent, renewed vigor and fresh ideas to a business. Be open to all possibilities. As a rule, an owner/sales manager should devote between five and 20 per cent of their time to recruitment, training and evaluation management. Commit to making your business a better place to work, a more productive environment and a more profitable enterprise. ActionCoach is written by John MacKenzie of ActionCoach, which helps small- to medium-sized businesses and other organizations. He can be contacted at johnmackenzie@actioncoach.com or by phone at 403-3400880.

Open up all telecom industry to foreign competition: Bell CEO Foreign investment restrictions should be lifted for big telecom companies to allow the market to decide how many wireless competitors Canada can support, Bell CEO George Cope said Tuesday. “There’s nothing to be afraid of. Bring the competition on,” chief executive George Cope told the annual BMO media and telecom conference. Big telecoms such as Bell (TSX:BCE), Telus (TSX:T) and Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) are restricted under federal rules to be more than 33 per cent foreign owned, while small players with less than 10 per cent market share have no limits. The change in rules were a move by the federal government to increase competition in the sector. “The capital markets are efficient. They will determine whether or not Canada will have two, three, four or five competitors — period,” Cope said. But Cope said he doesn’t believe that parent company BCE. Inc. would ever be controlled by a foreign company. “This one is personal, as a Canadian. I’m not so sure we’ll ever see Bell Canada owned foreignly. But the foreign markets can own stock, but I don’t think it would be controlled.” Bell, Telus and Rogers have repeatedly argued that foreign investment restrictions should be lifted

for all of Canada’s telecom companies to allow them more access to capital. Earlier this summer, U.S. telecom giant Verizon was reported to be interested in entering the Canadian market by buying new carriers Wind Mobile and Mobilicity. Verizon has since said it has no interest in Canada. Cope repeated that the rules for the next wireless auction of spectrum — radio waves needed to make cellphone networks operate — favour new entrants to the Canadian market. Bell, along with Telus and Rogers, opposed the entry of Verizon participating

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MARKETS COMPANIES OF LOCAL INTEREST Tuesday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 92.85 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 44.15 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.897 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . 11.33 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.98 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.56 Cdn. National Railway . 100.00 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 126.78

Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 34.28 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.42 Cervus Equipment Corp 19.66 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 39.98 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 43.19 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 21.85 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.13 General Motors Co. . . . . 37.00 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 17.21

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — The Toronto stock market declined Tuesday, pressured by falling gold and oil prices amid signs that geopolitical tensions may soon ease after Syria agreed to hand over its chemical weapons stockpile. The S&P/TSX composite index fell 30.16 points to 12,824.48. A weakening U.S. dollar helped drive the loonie ahead 0.24 of a cent to 96.64 cents US. The Syrian government said early Tuesday that it has accepted Russia’s proposal to dismantle its chemical weapons as part of an effort to “uproot U.S. aggression.” President Barack Obama cautiously welcomed the recent developments but said he still plans to ask U.S. Congress to approve airstrikes in case Syria’s promise falls through. The possible diplomatic breakthrough drove U.S. indexes higher, as the Dow Jones rose 127.94 points to 15,191.06, the Nasdaq was up 22.84 points to 3,729.02 and the broader market measure, the S&P 500, was ahead 12.28 points to 1,683.99. However, the resource-heavy Toronto market dropped, led by a retreat in gold stocks and declines in commodities. December bullion fell $22.70 to US$1,364 an ounce, while December copper took back two cents to US$3.26 a pound. The October crude contract fell $2.13 to US$107.39 a barrel. The gold sector on the TSX was down 4.78 per cent. Nearly all companies in the sector fell, with shares in Barrick Gold (TSX:ABX) down 4.32 per cent, or 86 cents, at C$19.06 and shares in Alamos Gold (TSX:AGI) down 6.29 per cent, or $1.06, to $15.80. It’s the second day of declining crude prices amid the easing of tensions surrounding Syria. Although Syria isn’t a major producer, political uncertainty in the oil-rich Mideast tends to push up crude prices. Investors have been spooked for the past few weeks as they waited to see if the U.S. would launch military action against Syria for allegedly using sarin gas against civilians on Aug. 21. The attack in a Damascus suburb reportedly killed 1,429 people. “The Canadian market isn’t doing badly when you consider this (eas-

ing of the Syrian crisis) is causing some softness in the price of gold bullion and oil prices,” said Norman Raschkowan, a North American strategist with Mackenzie Financial Corp. “Any time that you can avoid getting into an armed conflict, it’s a good thing.” Raschkowan said some of the strength may be attributed to improved economic data coming out of North America, Europe and China. Overnight, there was further evidence that China, the world’s No. 2 economy, was over its recent soft patch. Industrial production was 10.4 per cent higher in August than the year before, ahead of analyst forecasts of a 9.9 per cent increase. “Uncertainty and the anxiety tends to weigh on markets,” he said. “There has been a lot of positive news out there and the general upwards trend that we’ve seen in the last few days is probably more of a reflection on the more encouraging economic data out of China.” In corporate news, Torontobased Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX:CG) announced a potential resolution of its difficulties with the Kyrgyz government related to its Kumtor gold project. Its shares were initially up on the news, but later reversed direction and were down 34 cents, or 5.26 per cent, at $6.13. Meanwhile, shares in smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (TSX:BB) lost most of the gains they picked up Monday after reports surfaced Tuesday that a sale of the company was not as close as some may believe. BlackBerry shares dropped 5.27 per cent, or 63 cents, to $11.33. Investors in Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) seemed unimpressed by the tech giant’s announcement Tuesday of two new iPhone models and a new mobile operating system later this month. Apple says its next mobile operating system, iOS 7, will be available as a free download on Sept 18. Shares in Apple were down $11.53, or 2.28 per cent, to US$494.64. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at the close of Tuesday at world financial market trading. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index —

Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.99 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 41.60 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 52.97 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 33.40 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.75 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 46.18 Consumer Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 12.85 Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 91.65 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.38 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 46.79 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.69 Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.10 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.85 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 58.10 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.96 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.40

12,824.48 down 30.16 points TSX Venture Exchange — 942.85 down 9.09 points TSX 60 — 737.64 down 2.34 points Dow — 15,191.06 up 127.94 points S&P 500 — 1,683.99 up 12.28 points Nasdaq — 3,729.02 up 22.84 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 96.64 cents US, up 0.24 of a cent Pound — C$1.6279, down 0.03 of a cent Euro — C$1.3729, down 0.24 of a cent Euro — US$1.3267, up 0.09 of a cent Oil futures: US$107.39 per barrel, down $2.13 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,364 per oz., down $22.70 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $24.763 per oz., down 80.5 cents $796.13 per kg., down $25.88 ICE FUTURES CANADA .Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $2.80 lower $496.20; Jan. ’14 $2.70 lower $503.80; March ’14 $2.50 lower $510.30; May ’14 $2.50 lower $514.70; July ’14 $2.50 lower $517.30; Nov. ’14 $4.70 lower $502.30; Jan ’15 $4.60 lower $502.40; March ’15 $4.60 lower $502.40; May ’15 $4.60 lower $502.40; July ’15 $4.60 lower $502.40; Nov. ’15 $4.60 lower $502.40. Barley (Western): Oct. ’13 unchanged $189.00; Dec ’13 unchanged $194.00; March ’14 unchanged $194.00; May ’14 unchanged $194.00; July ’14 unchanged $194.00; Oct. ’14 unchanged $194.00; Dec. ’14 unchanged $194.00; March ’15 unchanged $194.00; May ’15 unchanged $194.00; July ’15 unchanged $194.00; Oct. ’15 unchanged $194.00. Tuesday‘s estimated volume of trade: 495,200 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 551,780.

Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 1906 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 21.29 First Quantum Minerals . 18.99 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 28.16 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.15 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.53 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 33.98 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.97 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 29.51 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.49 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 62.30 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 50.22 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.08 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 53.28 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.42 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 20.24

Canyon Services Group. 12.17 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 31.38 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.750 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 18.02 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.70 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 87.82 Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 50.32 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.68 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.13 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.57 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.00 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.89 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.410 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.78 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 36.42 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.46 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 15.65 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.08 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 56.89

Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 66.79 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 60.01 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.96 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.52 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.15 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.39 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 49.30 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 61.56 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.82 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 83.64 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.99 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 66.10 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 33.34 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.63

D I L B E R T

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Members of the media review the new iPhone 5c during a new product announcement at Apple headquarters on Tuesday, in Cupertino, Calif. Apple’s latest iPhones will come in a bevy of colors and two distinct designs, one made of plastic and the other that aims to be ‘the gold standard of smartphones’ and reads your fingerprint.

Apple unveils 2 new Foreign buyers fuelling iPhone designs sales in luxury real estate market

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Sales of luxury homes will likely gain momentum in the fall, fuelled by demand from international investors, according a new report from real estate sales and marketing company Sotheby’s International Realty Canada. The report released Tuesday suggests the largest proportion of foreign buyers will be from China, Russia, the Middle East, India and the U.S. Elli Davis, a sales representative with Royal LePage in Toronto, says many foreigners buy condos for their children to live in while they attend school in Canada. “I’m seeing a lot of foreign names on showings of all of my listings,” said Davis. “More foreign names than not.” The Sotheby’s report says the highend condo market in the Greater Toronto Area has rebounded after a slower start to the year, a trend that is expected to continue into the fall. “There were a lot of numbers that were starting to look worrisome in Toronto,” said Sotheby’s president and chief executive Ross McCredie. However, while some economists are cautioning about an oversupply of condos about to hit the Toronto mar-

ket, McCredie notes that there are far fewer high-end units available. “It’s not like the $600,000 shoebox condos where you’d have investors buying them and looking to renting them out,” he said. “If it’s a well-built building in a good location, people want to live there, so it’s more about lifestyle than pure investment.” McCredie also notes that those in the market for a luxury home are less likely to be deterred by short-term fluctuations. “They’re not first-time homebuyers,” he said. “They’ve seen cycles before. Most of our clients remember what it was like in the early 80s and the early 90s, when you had major corrections, so they’re not going into these markets blindly.” Sales of luxury homes are also expected to gain traction in Calgary and Vancouver and remain balanced in Montreal, according to Sotheby’s. Sotheby’s said sales of high-end homes worth at least $1 million were up in major Canadian urban markets in the first half of the year compared with the second half of 2012. Sales were up 65 per cent in Vancouver, 67 per cent in Calgary, 61 per cent in Toronto and 29 per cent in Montreal.

Farmland prices up in most markets across Canada amid strong demand: Re/Max THE CANADIAN PRESS MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Re/Max real estate organization says strong demand for Canadian farmland, and a shortage of listings, has pushed up the price per acre in all but two of the 17 markets it monitors. The biggest percentage increases this year have been in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. Re/Max says only the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia have seen no increase from 2012 prices. The Fraser Valley

had the highest prices, by far, of any market covered by the Re/Max study at between $40,000 and $60,000 per acre — the same as last year. The next most expensive farmland recorded by the study was in Bradford, Ont., where land was valued at $25,000 per acre or more — up 25 per cent from 2012. Re/Max says the biggest demand is from established farm operators that want to expand. “Be it cashcropper or livestock farmer—the economies of scale continue to support expansion,” said Elton Ash, regional executive vicepresident for Re/Max of Western Canada.

“There are many buyers waiting in the wings, but momentum is hampered to some extent by a shortage of farmland listings.” Gurinder Sandhu, regional director for Re/ Max Ontario-Atlantic Canada, said there hasn’t been any real fallout yet from reduced prices for agricultural commodities. “Yet, some moderation is likely, given several years of back-to-back record-setting gains. Some investment funds have already scaled back on purchases, still moving ahead but at a more cautious pace,” Sandhu said.

INCLUDING CHEAPER MODEL BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CUPERTINO, Calif. — For the first time since introducing the device that changed cellphones forever, Apple will offer two distinct versions of the latest iPhones — a cheaper one made of plastic and another that aims to be “the gold standard of smartphones” and reads your fingerprint. Apple unveiled the latest iPhone models, available on Sept. 20, during an event at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters. The move comes as the company tries to fend off Samsung and other competitors that want to challenge Apple in the competitive smartphone market. The lower-cost iPhone 5C is expected to help boost sales in China and other areas where people don’t have as much money to spend on new gadgets as they do in North America and Europe. Research firm Gartner Inc. estimates that Apple had a 14.4 per cent share of the world’s smartphone market in the second quarter of this year, No. 2 behind Samsung’s 31.7 per cent. The lower-cost iPhone 5C will be available in five colours — green, blue, yellow, pink and white. CEO Tim Cook calls it “more fun and colorful” than any other iPhone. The 5C has a 4-inch Retina display and is powered by Apple’s A6 chip. It also has an 8 megapixel camera, live photo filters and a rear cover that lights up. Canadian pricing with a contract is not yet available but without a contract the phone starts at $599. Jefferies analyst Peter Misek called the phones “lovely,” but said in a note to investors that the $99 minimum price for the 5C is “is higher than expected and still leaves Apple with a

product gap in the low-end.” The second phone, the 5S, is “the most forward-looking phone we have ever created,” said Phil Schiller, senior vice-president of worldwide marketing at Apple. It will come in silver, gold and “space grey” and run a new chip, the A7 that is up to twice as fast as the A6. Schiller said the new phone can run more health and fitness applications. These apps have become increasingly popular as more people use them to track exercise routines, calorie intake and even sleep patterns. The camera in the 5S received some major upgrades, including several automatic features designed to produce better photos. It has a larger pixels and a larger aperture, which helps capture more light. The phone also has a “true-tone” flash feature that is designed not to clash with the colours in the room or a person’s skin colour — something Schiller said has not been done on a phone before. The camera, called iSight, has “auto image stabilization,” which helps avoid blurry pictures, and a slow-motion camera for video. A “burst mode” can take 10 frames per second as long as you hold your finger on the shutter, then find the best one in your camera roll. The 5S also includes “Touch ID,” which reads fingerprints at a “detailed level,” Schiller said. He said it is “fun and easy” to teach the 5S about your fingerprint and once you do, you can just touch the home button to unlock the phone. The company said fingerprints will not be stored on its servers. Tying the fingerprint scanner to payments could also open new revenue channels for Apple.

BlackBerry shares down after layoffs, reports that pension plans not interested BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Shares of BlackBerry slipped nearly six per cent on Tuesday amid continuing layoffs and reports that a takeover involving Canada’s major pension plans is unlikely. BlackBerry (TSX:BB) shares were trading around $11.30 on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday afternoon, down 66 cents or 5.52 per cent. That’s after a nearly six per cent surge on Monday amid unconfirmed reports that Fairfax Financial Holdings (TSX:FFH) chairman Prem Watsa

was closing in on a rescue deal for the troubled smartphone maker. The Sunday Times newspaper reported that Watsa has assembled billions of dollars in backing from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and other Canadian pension funds to buy the Waterloo, Ont.,based company. But the Globe and Mail reported Tuesday that big pension funds have been reluctant to join Fairfax in a buyout consortium. Meanwhile, BlackBerry has confirmed reports that it has laid off about 60 employees, mostly in sales.

SPORTS

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11, 2013

Morse runs out of time with Rebels RELEASED AFTER NO OTHER TEAM EXPRESSES INTEREST BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Spencer Morse came to the Red Deer Rebels with a somewhat checkered past, but also as a defenceman with size and toughness — two qualities GM/head coach Brent Sutter was eager to add to his back end. On Tuesday, he was reduced to a player without a team. Sutter released the 18-year-old after placing him on the trade wire and finding no takers. The move leaves the Rebels with a 29-man roster. “I knew when we acquired him (from the Moose Jaw Warriors Aug. 20) that he didn’t play a lot last year,” said Sutter. “I wanted to give him an opportunity here and I’m still a believer in giving a kid a second chance if I think there might be something there. But with our group, there are eight guys ahead of him right now and that’s not including Matty (Dumba, currently with the Minnesota Wild). “The right thing to do for the player was to give him an opportunity to go

Update somewhere else. We put him on the wire and there was no interest, so maybe he needs to play a year of junior A and we can keep tabs on him and see how he does.” Sutter said he wouldn’t be opposed to bringing Morse back to camp next year in the event that he does improve his game and goes unclaimed by other WHL teams.

According to the Rebels boss, Morse wasn’t shocked that he was cut loose. The six-foot-four, 200-pound rearguard was sent home by the Warriors last winter due to off-ice problems, but was a model citizen during his brief time in Red Deer. In the end, his lack of mobility likely determined his fate with the Rebels. “He understood the move in the sense that he knew he didn’t play much last year (46 games),” said Sutter. “He’s a pretty smart guy. He could see that he was in trouble, that it would be difficult for him to be a regular player here. He knew it wouldn’t do him any good to be a No. 9 guy.” Sutter might make more moves following the club’s final two preseason games this weekend — Friday at Lacombe versus the Edmonton Oil Kings and Saturday in Stettler against the Medicine Hat Tigers — although he insisted he’s not in any rush to shuffle his roster. “You really don’t have to make decisions on your roster until Oct. 10,” he said. “We want to give some of these guys a longer look and let them sort things out. “I don’t know if everyone will get

an opportunity to play in a game this weekend, we just want to make sure we play well and have a good weekend. We’ll see what it’s like with our lineup night to night.” ● The acquisition of Morse, selected by the Warriors in the second round of the 2010 WHL bantam draft, cost the Rebels a 10th-round pick in the 2016 draft . . . Winger Rhyse Dieno, one of five Rebels players attending NHL camps, was scheduled to arrive back in Red Deer Tuesday after playing with the Minnesota Wild prospects in a tournament at Traverse City, Mich. Sutter expects defenceman Kayle Doetzel (Nashville Predators) back within the next two days and is unsure of the status of goaltender Patrik Bartosak (Los Angeles Kings) and forward Lukas Sutter (Winnipeg Jets), although he expects both will return to the Rebels prior to the club’s regular-season opener Sept. 20 vs. the Kootenay Ice at Cranbrook. Dumba is expected to open the NHL season in Minnesota and might not be returned to Red Deer until late October or November, if at all. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

NHL TRAINING CAMPS

Training camps set to begin after condensed off-season For players from the runner-up Boston Bruins and everyone else, preparations for training camp have been underway for a while. It doesn’t seem to matter that the For hockey players, time is relative. The Pittsburgh Penguins getting off-season was so brief. “From how you prepare for a season swept out of the playoffs has Evgeni Malkin itching to get back on the ice I don’t think it has any effect,” Winnipeg Jets left-winger Andrew Ladd said. with his teammates. “I think you would always usually “I miss hockey,” he said. “It’s (a) come into town a couple weeks early long summer.” and skate with Yet it’s actuthe guys and ally the NHL’s start preparing shortest summer for the season.” in recent history. Those inforTraining camps mal skates are open around the over, as are rookleague today, just ie camps. Teams 79 days after the have physicals Chicago Blackand other off-ice hawks wrapped activities schedup the lockoutuled for today shortened 2013 and the first season by winon-ice sessions ning the Stanley Thursday. Cup. For teams “I think for us, featuring new it’s a short offcoaches — John season but we’re Tortorella with excited to go the Vancouver back to camp and Canucks, Alain be together with — CHICAGO B LACKHAWKS CAPTAIN Vigneault with a team again, get JONATHAN TOEWS the New York things started Rangers, Lindy and just get back Ruff with the to our daily job as hockey players,” Blackhawks cap- Dallas Stars and Dallas Eakins with the Edmonton Oilers — training camp tain Jonathan Toews said last week. Condensing a 48-game regular sea- is the first taste of change. As he did when in charge of the son and playoffs into a window from mid-January to June made for a June Rangers, Tortorella sent a letter to Canucks players detailing what fitness 24 ending. The draft and free agency came and testing would be like, and strength trainers sent videos of what it looked went in a blur. Blackhawks players got to celebrate like. with a parade and now must shift focus to the business of trying to repeat. Please see NHL on Page B5 BY STEPHEN WHYNO THE CANADIAN PRESS

‘I THINK FOR US, IT’S A SHORT OFF-SEASON BUT WE’RE EXCITED TO GO BACK TO CAMP AND BE TOGETHER WITH A TEAM AGAIN, GET THINGS STARTED AND JUST GET BACK TO OUR DAILY JOB AS HOCKEY PLAYERS.’

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Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin (71) looks to pass in the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres in Pittsburgh Tuesday, April 23, 2013.

Bergdahl can be confident about RDC golfers HAS ADDED STRENGTH AND DEPTH TO BOTH THE WOMEN’S AND MEN’S TEAMS Scott Bergdahl is the first one to tell “But despite playing only a couple you that you can never count on any- of rounds before our qualifying tourthing in golf. nament she still shot 84-85. Kim came It’s a game that can jump up and in at 84-87. bite you just when you least expect it. “Those two automatically make our But Bergdahl has every team that much better and right to feel confident about despite the fact you never what he sees from his RDC know what may happen, golf team heading into this we should be strong conweekend’s Alberta Colleges tenders for the conference Athletic Conference North championship,” said BergRegional champions at the dahl, whose squad is ranked Lacombe Golf and Country ninth in Canada. Club this weekend. Koster was the RDC’s top Bergdahl has added competitor on the female strength and depth to both team last year, finishing the women’s and men’s seventh in the ACAC finals. teams. Meanwhile, the men will The women’s duo of Mealso be stronger just in the DANNY lissa Koster and Rochelle fact that Kyle Morrison RODE French placed third in is back and 100 per cent the ACAC last year and healthy. both have returned to go Last year he competed with newcomers Jamieson with a bad knee and needed Smeaton and Kim Swain. major surgery. Smeaton, who took last year off, was He shot a 70 in his lone qualifying second in the ACAC two years ago with round. Lethbridge while Swain comes in from “He had other commitments and Lacombe. could only play the one round, but he “Jamieson was at RDC last year but was automatically on the team anydidn’t play and she’s also just coming way,” explained Bergdahl. off major knee surgery,” said Berg“Kyle didn’t have to come back to dahl. school this year and could have fin-

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ished his welding degree by working, but he wanted to return as he wanted the opportunity to go for an ACAC championship.” Morrison, a former Central Alberta Amateur champion, brought Darren Windle to the team as well. Windle of Red Deer has extensive junior and amateur experience and is expected to be one of the top competitors in the ACAC. Jeff Northcott, who tied for sixth in the ACAC last season, is one of four players returning to the team while one of the impressive newcomers is Branton Tessier of Whitecourt, who has considerable junior experience in the province. Tyson Dixon and Tim Hannebury return from last year while Braden Oehlerking is back after missing last year because of injury, Brandon Ponich of Rocky Mountain House and Kevin Stevens out of River Bend round out the 2013-14 team. “The men’s team looks to be strong and we have at least three guys who should shoot in the 70s,” said Bergdahl. “Overall this is the best team we’ve had. It would be nice to win a championship banner, not only for the college, but Gord Scott, who has been

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our major supporter and without him we probably wouldn’t have a golf program.” The North Regional has 77 competitors and tees off at 1 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. Sunday. RDC will also compete in the open South Regional, Sept. 21-22 in Lethbridge with the ACAC championship, Sept,. 28-19 in Olds. The Canadian championship is set for Oct. 15-16 in St, Lawrence, Que. ● The RDC soccer teams are busy this weekend as they have their home opener Saturday against SAIT and visit Olds Sunday. The women kick off at noon with the men to follow both days. ● The hockey Kings see their first action since returning to the ACAC as they host SAIT in exhibition play Friday at 7 p.m. in Penhold. The two teams meet Saturday at 7 p.m. at SAIT. ● The cross-country running team will compete in an ACAC Grand Prix as part of the Hunting Hills Lightning meet Saturday at River Bend Recreation Area and Golf Course. The meet begins with Grade 6-7 runners at 10 a.m. with the open and ACAC women’s race at 2:30 p.m. and the men at 3:30 p.m.

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NHL: More days off, limits on ice time in new CBA “I heard we need two ice sheets just for the tests,” centre Ryan Kesler said. “I heard it’s tough. “It’s going to be rigorous, he even says that. I’ve been doing it this summer and, yeah, it’s not fun. I think that’s going to be the mindset though. “We’re going to work hard, some days aren’t going to be fun, but it’s for the better of the team.” One benefit of the new collective bargaining agreement being in place and an 82-game season on the horizon is that teams will get more than a cursory glance at players, which was the case in January. There are more mandatory off days and limits on ice time under this CBA, which changes a little bit from previous years. Camps are limited to 20 days for veterans, and each player is required to have two days off. “Camp is shorter now than it used to be,” Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Dave Nonis said. “There’s not a lot of time for making people feel good. “So I think Randy (Carlyle) and the coaching staff, they’ll give everyone an opportunity, but we need to get to work pretty quick.” Ottawa Senators centre Jason Spezza similarly expects camp to be “full throttle” even with reigning coach of the year Paul MacLean in charge again. The post-Daniel Alfredsson era begins with the addition of Bobby Ryan and a changing leadership dynamic in the locker-room and on the ice. Even in places where not much has changed, players voiced an eagerness to get started. “I enjoy training camp. I know a lot of guys don’t, but I actually do,” San Jose Sharks centre Logan Couture said. “It’s good to see all the guys again, I haven’t seen them in a couple months, and just get back to feeling good about your game and relearning the system. I’m sure ours is going to be very similar to what it was last year and the years before that, but I’m looking forward to that.”

RDC: Soccer dominates Athlete of Week voting ● The hockey Queens are on the road this weekend as they visit the University of Saskatchewan Saturday and Sunday. ● Soccer dominated the Boston Pizza RDC athlete of the week voting. Rohanesh Ram, a first-year defender, received the men’s award after a strong performance in a 2-0 win over Medicine Hat and a solid effort in a 3-1 loss to Lethbridge, despite suffering an injury. Defender and captain Adi Moyer turned in a pair of solid performances for a very young RDC team in a 3-0 loss to Medicine Hat and a 2-2 tie with Lethbridge. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

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Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia, right, slides safe into second base as Los Angeles Angels short stop Erick Aybar, left, misses the cut off throw during second-inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Tuesday.

Buehrle struggles in Jays’ loss BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Los Angeles 12 Toronto 6 TORONTO (CP) — After winning six consecutive decisions, pitcher Mark Buehrle was due for a bad start. Buehrle allowed 12 hits and eight runs and did not retire a batter in the fifth inning before getting pulled on Tuesday as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 12-6 before a crowd of 19,079 at Rogers Centre. “It was one of those nights,” said Buehrle (11-8). “You can’t be on every time and every so often you’re going to have your bad days at the office and this was one of them.” It was a great night for the Angels hitters. Josh Hamilton drove in four runs and Mark Trumbo had a career-best five hits and equalled a club record with four extra-base hits. Trumbo hit three doubles, a single and a solo home run to drive in two runs and Hamilton had two singles and a solo home run. It was the 10th time an Angels player had four extra-base hits in a game. Trumbo also became the first Angels player with five hits and five runs in one game. “Easily the best game I’ve had

all year, maybe even career-wise in the big leagues,” Trumbo said. “This is a special night, obviously.” Erick Aybar also hit a solo homer and Chris Iannetta hit a two-run homer as the Angels (6876) stopped a two-game slide. Anthony Gose hit his first career grand slam and Rajai Davis hit a solo homer for the Blue Jays (67-77), who had won their previous three games and 10 of their last 13 games. Right-hander Jerome Williams (7-10) allowed nine hits and six runs in five-plus innings to win his second consecutive start. Buehrle gave up three home runs as he lost his first decision since July 20, a span of nine starts without a loss in which he had an earned-run average of 2.21. “He was off tonight,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “He’s normally got the knack of working out of some jams.” Buehrle agreed with his manager. “The whole game I wasn’t making pitches,” said Buehrle. “Everything was up, I was falling behind in the count. Left-hander Ricky Romero, the Blue Jays’ No. 1 starter only two years ago, made his third majorleague appearance of the season in the seventh inning and received

a warm reception from the fans. He allowed two hits, a walk and one run over two innings in his first outing since being recalled from triple-A Buffalo. “I was just excited and I guess a little nervous,” he said. “Hearing them cheer when I was running out was pretty crazy and gave me chills.” Aybar hit his sixth homer of the season and Hamilton hit a two-run single to key the Angels’ four-run first inning. Grant Green singled in the other run. Gose’s grand slam in the second inning tied the game. His first homer of the season came after singles by Adam Lind, J.P. Arencibia and Moises Sierra. Gose said he had never hit a grand slam at any level. “Never hit one, not that I can remember,” he said. “I wasn’t sure if I got enough of it. I obviously barrelled it but I wasn’t sure if I hit it high enough so I thought I’d run.” Los Angeles regained the lead in the third on a leadoff double by Trumbo and Hamilton’s single to centre. The Angels took an 8-4 lead in the fifth. Trumbo led off with his 32nd homer of the season and Hamilton followed with his 20th. Iannetta and Kole Calhoun followed with doubles.

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Bombers’ coach hopes defence can produce again FACE EDMONTON ESKIMOS ON SATURDAY BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis, left, talks to Chicago Bears coach Marc Trestman after the Bears’ 24-21 win over the Bengals in an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013, in Chicago.

AFC North starts dismally RAVENS, STEELERS, BENGALS AND BROWNS GOING COMBINED 0-4 BY JOE KAY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI, Ohio — Bengals coach Marvin Lewis watched a little video of Pittsburgh’s seasonopening disaster and felt a kinship with the failure. “I just watched the first half of their game and I’m sure they feel the same way we do,” Lewis said. Not just them. They’re all feeling the blues this week in the AFC North. All four teams in the NFL’s most successful division over the last five years have started the season at 0-1. It’s only the second time that’s happened, according to STATS LLC. The other time? Way back in 2002, when the league went to the current division format. And it’s not just that all four lost, it’s how they lost: ● The defending Super Bowlchampion Baltimore Ravens went back to Denver, the scene of their improbable playoff comeback last season, and had their revamped defence get taken apart for a record-seven touchdown passes by Peyton Manning in a 49-27 route. ● Over in Pittsburgh, the towelwaving crowd at Heinz Field put those towels away and filed out quietly near the end of a shocking 16-9 loss to the Titans that was in most ways the worst of the division’s opening flops. ● In Cleveland, the Browns did their annual looking-a-little-better tease before falling apart and losing to the Dolphins 23-10, dropping their ninth straight opener and their 14th in the last 15 years. ● Lewis’ team actually looked the best of the bunch before bungling one away in Chicago, 24-21, with personal fouls, wasted timeouts and turnovers. None of them looked like a

playoff-calibre team for very long. “We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said. “Nobody cares about our problems. They’re glad we’ve got them. We need to understand that. We need to stick together and persevere.” The Steelers might have the toughest go of it. They missed out on the playoffs last season by finishing 8-8, unable to run the ball consistently or protect quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. They drafted Le’Veon Bell to boost the running game, but he got hurt during camp. Pittsburgh ran for only 32 yards in the opener and Roethlisberger was sacked five times. Worse, Pro Bowl centre Maurkice Pouncey tore ligaments in his right knee and linebacker Larry Foote ruptured his right biceps, ending their seasons. Up next: a Monday night game in Cincinnati against the Bengals and former Steelers linebacker James Harrison. Pittsburgh hasn’t opened a season 0-2 since 2002. The Bengals looked good in the first half at Chicago before reverting to their old Bungles ways. The final flub was linebacker Rey Mauaulga — a team captain last season — throwing down a Bears defender after the whistle for a penalty that allowed Chicago to run out the clock. And that wasn’t all of it. Twice, the Bengals had to call a timeout because they had the wrong number of players on the field on defence, leaving them with no way to stop the clock in the closing minutes. At least everyone else lost. “Yeah, it helps ease it a little bit,” defensive end Carlos Dunlap said. “But you can look at it the other way, too, and say we could’ve been one up.” The Ravens opened the season on Thursday night, so they’ve had

a little extra time to sort out their problems on defence. On Sunday, they host the Browns, who have a new coach in Rob Chudzinski but played like they were ready to hold up the bottom of the division for yet another year. “A lot of we call it SINS — selfinflicted negatives,” receiver Davone Bess said. “A lot of times when you’re backed against the wall, you need to be able to execute from assignment and alignment standpoint. If you don’t do that, you’re killing yourself before the play even starts.” There were plenty of SINS in a division with the league’s best playoff pedigree. In the last five years, no division has sent more teams to the playoffs than the AFC North — 11 overall. It’s the only division that has sent at least two each season, including three in 2011. A North team has reached the Super Bowl three times in the last five years, winning two titles. The Ravens have reached the playoffs each of the last five seasons; the Steelers have reached the Super Bowl twice during that span. So, there’s that recent history to fall back on after those dismal debuts. “The great thing about it is — and we all know this — it’s weekto-week in this league,” Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. “If we take care of our business, we’re going to be in the hunt and make it interesting. And if we don’t, we’re not. “I know that’s kind of a bad answer, but it’s the truth. All of a sudden, we find ourselves tied for first place. We also find ourselves tied for last place. That’s where we’re at.” AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org

WINNIPEG — With an offence still feeling its way, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers know they need another strong defensive performance this Saturday when they face the Edmonton Eskimos. They blitzed and battered the Saskatchewan Roughriders last Sunday and emerged with their first home win at their new stadium and just their second victory of the season. Riders quarterback Darian Durant was sacked eight times but the Blue Bombers’ offence was largely ineffective until late in the 25-13 victory. Coach Tim Burke said they’re expecting a battle this week and won’t underestimate the 1-9 Eskimos in the slightest. “I think they’re in the same boat we are,” he said Tuesday. “They’ve competed with good teams ... and they want to get over the hump on that, but I think they feel they can play with anybody.” He also said the Eskimos present different challenges. “Their offence is starting to really get going now. I mean they’re putting up a lot of yards and they’re putting up a lot of points.” The Bombers have scored the fewest points and given up the most in the league. Justin Goltz will start again at quarterback for Winnipeg. Max Hall and Jason Boltus will serve as backups since Buck Pierce was traded to the B.C. Lions last week. Burke also was happy to learn two of his players took CFL player of the week honours — defensive back Demond Washington was named top defensive player and running back Will Ford earned the special-teams nod. Washington racked up seven tackles, two special teams tackles, and one sack while Ford returned two kickoffs for 118 yards, including a 98-yard touchdown return. It was Winnipeg’s first kickoff return for a touchdown since 2005. Regular starting tailback Chad Simpson was expected to miss Saturday’s game with a foot injury, but should be back next week. And offensive lineman Paul Swiston has been placed on the nine-game injured list. Burke said he may insert newly acquired lineman Marc Parenteau into the lineup. He was picked up Monday in a trade with Toronto for running back Anthony Woodson and a draft pick. The Bombers also announced Tuesday they have signed import running back Shawnbrey McNeal to their practice roster. It’s even possible that Canadian receiver Akeem Foster, obtained in the trade for Pierce, will see some action. But Burke said they have to make sure he’s up to speed on the fine points of Winnipeg’s offence. “He’s played in the CFL and he’s had a good year in the CFL so he’s got a chance. It’s just how fast he can learn it.” In the first quarter against the Riders, the Winnipeg offence was on the field for only about three minutes. Burke said he hopes his defence can put together another performance like the one it delivered last Sunday. “That’s as good a defence as we’ve played since I’ve been here.” He singled out the defensive backs for praise, after singling them out for criticism many times this season. “The thing that I was really impressed with from them was almost every throw was a contested throw.” Burke is hopeful the upset victory, coupled with a strong performance the previous week in Regina, will help boost his team’s confidence. “I think our game in Saskatchewan gave them the confidence that they knew they can compete with anybody and now they know that they can beat anybody,” he said. “So hopefully we can use that to get us some more wins.”

Thomas Bach of Germany elected IOC president; talks to Putin BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Within minutes of being elected to the top job in the Olympics, Thomas Bach got a phone call from a powerful leader he’ll work with closely in the next few months: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Bach, a 59-year-old G e r m a n lawyer, was elected Tuesday as president of the Internation- Thomas Bach al Olympic Committee. He succeeds Jacques Rogge, who stepped down after 12 years. Bach, the longtime favourite, defeated five other candidates in the secret ballot for the most influential job in international sports, keeping the presidency in European hands. The former Olympic fencer received 49 votes in the second round to secure a winning majority. Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico finished second with 29 votes. One of the first congratulatory

phone calls came from Putin, who will host the IOC in less than five months at the Winter Olympics in the southern Russian resort of Sochi. The Sochi Games are one of Putin’s pet projects, with Russia’s prestige on the line. “He congratulated and (said) there would be close co-operation to make the success of Sochi Games sure,’ Bach told The Associated Press. The buildup to the Feb. 7-23 games, however, has been overshadowed by concerns with cost overruns, human rights, a budget topping $50 billion, security threats and a Western backlash against a Russian law against gay “propaganda.” Bach and the IOC have been told by the Russians there would be no discrimination against anyone in Sochi, and that Russia would abide by the Olympic Charter. “We have the assurances of the highest authorities in Russia that we trust,” Bach said. It remains unclear what would happen if athletes or spectators demonstrate against the anti-gay law. Rogge said this week that the IOC would soon send a reminder to athletes that, under the Olympic Charter, they are prohibited from making any political gestures. “We will work on our project

now and then it will be communicated to the NOCs (national Olympic committees) and then athletes,” Bach said. “It will be elaborated more in detail.” Earlier, Bach said his first priority would be to celebrate, and his second to get ready for Sochi. “We have to prepare well,” he said, “and I’m sure the games will be a great success.” A former Olympic fencing gold medallist who heads Germany’s national Olympic committee, Bach is the ninth president in the 119-year history of the IOC. He’s the eighth European to hold the presidency. Of the IOC’s leaders, all have come from Europe except for Avery Brundage, the American who ran the committee from 1952-72. Bach is also the first gold medallist to become IOC president. He won gold in team fencing for West Germany in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He received a standing ovation for nearly a full minute after Rogge opened a sealed envelope to announce his victory. Bach bowed slightly to the delegates to acknowledge the warm response and thanked the members in several languages. “This is a really overwhelming sign of trust and confidence,” Bach said.

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SCOREBOARD Baseball Tuesday’s baseball standings and statistics not available due to technical difficulty. AMERICAN LEAGUE Today’s Games Kansas City (Guthrie 13-10) at Cleveland (McAllister 7-8), 5:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 8-4) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 9-7), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Williams 6-10) at Toronto (Buehrle 11-7), 5:07 p.m. Boston (Buchholz 9-0) at Tampa Bay (Price 8-7), 5:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Liriano 15-7) at Texas (M.Perez 9-3), 6:05 p.m. Detroit (Porcello 11-8)

at Chicago White Sox (Er.Johnson 0-1), 6:10 p.m. Oakland (J.Parker 11-6) at Minnesota (Hendriks 1-2), 6:10 p.m. Houston (Lyles 6-7) at Seattle (J.Saunders 11-13), 8:10 p.m.

at Seattle (Maurer 4-7), 8:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE

Wednesday’s Games Kansas City (Shields 10-9) at Cleveland (Kazmir 8-7), 10:05 a.m. Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 7-10) at Texas (Garza 3-3), 12:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 10-9) at Baltimore (Feldman 5-4), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 15-6) at Toronto (Dickey 12-12), 5:07 p.m. Boston (Dempster 8-9) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 8-3), 5:10 p.m. Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 13-7) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-6), 6:10 p.m. Oakland (Gray 2-3) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-11), 6:10 p.m. Houston (Peacock 4-5)

Today’s Games Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 8-11) at Cincinnati (Leake 12-6), 10:35 a.m. Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 7-10) at Texas (Garza 3-3), 12:05 p.m. Colorado (Nicasio 8-7) at San Francisco (Petit 3-0), 1:45 p.m. San Diego (Stults 8-13) at Philadelphia (Halladay 3-4), 5:05 p.m. Atlanta (Minor 13-6) at Miami (Fernandez 11-6), 7:10 p.m. Washington (Haren 8-13) at N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 7-4), 5:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Estrada 6-4) at St. Louis (Lynn 13-10), 6:15 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 13-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 13-5), 8:10 p.m.

Shane Vereen on the injured reserve/return list. Re-signed TE Matthew Mulligan. Signed DL A.J. Francis to the practice squad. Released WR Quentin Sims from the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS — Re-signed WR Ben Obomanu. Released LB Scott Solomon. Canadian Football League B.C. LIONS — Agreed to terms with DE Chris Wilson. WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed RB Shawnbrey McNeal to the practice roster. HOCKEY National Hockey League FLORIDA PANTHERS — Released G Mack Shields, D Alex Gudbranson, D Myles Harvey, D George Hughes, F Trevor Lewis, F Liam Heelis and F Corey Trivino. Returned F Francis Beauvillier to Rimouski (QMJHL), F Chris Clapperton to Blainville (QMJHL), and F Alexander Delnov to Seattle (WHL). NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Sent D Kyle Burroughs to Regina (WHL), C Victor Crus Rydberg to Plymouth (WHL), D Jesse Graham to Niagara (OHL), D Loic Leduc to Cape Breton (QMJHL), and D Adam Pelech to Erie (OHL). American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS — Signed C Kevin Lynch to a one-year contract.

ECHL IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with F William Rapuzzi. LACROSSE Major League Lacrosse OHIO MACHINE — Traded D Diogo Godoi and a 2014 third-round draft pick to Boston for D Brian Farrell. SOCCER National Women’s Soccer League WASHINGTON SPIRIT — Named Mark Parsons coach and general manager. Promoted director of operations Ashlee Comber to vice-president of operations. COLLEGE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE — Suspended Hawaii special teams and safeties coach Chris Demarest one game for inappropriate sideline conduct during a Sept. 8 game against Oregon State. TEXAS WOMEN’S — Named Jerod Stidham assistant softball coach. WINTHROP — Named John Murrian volunteer assistant baseball coach.

Transactions THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BASEBALL American League OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Reinstated OF Josh Reddick from the 15-day DL. National League NEW YORK METS — Recalled SS Ruben Tejada from Las Vegas (AAA). American Association AMARILLO SOX — Traded INF Steve Rinaudo to San Angelo (United) to complete an earlier trade. GRAND PRAIRIE AIRHOGS — Traded RHP Derek Blacksher and RHP Josh Strawn to Long Island (Atlantic) for two players to be named. FOOTBALL National Football League NFL — Fined Detroit DL Ndamukong Suh $100,000 for his illegal low block of Minnesota C John Sullivan in a Sept. 8 game. BUFFALO BILLS — Signed CB Johnny Adams. Released DT Jay Ross. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Released OL Tommie Draheim from the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed RB Joe Banyard to the practice squad. Released DE Tristan Okpalaugo and RB Bradley Randle from the practice squad. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed RB

Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR RANKINGS Through Sept. 1 q-qualified for Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, Nov. 4-11 1. q-Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 10980 2. q-Rafael Nadal, Spain, 10060 3. Andy Murray, Britain, 7060 4. David Ferrer, Spain, 6850 5. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4535 6. Roger Federer, Switzerland, 4515 7. Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, 4425 8. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 3425 9. Richard Gasquet, France, 3165 10. Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland, 3150 11. Milos Raonic, Canada, 2555 12. Kei Nishikori, Japan, 2325 13. Tommy Haas, Germany, 2265 14. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, 2110 15. John Isner, United States, 2025 16. Gilles Simon, France, 1950 17. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 1945 18. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 1940 19. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 1890 20. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 1825 21. Kevin Anderson, South Africa, 1775 22. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 1630 23. Janko Tipsarevic, Serbia, 1505 24. Marin Cilic, Croatia, 1445 25. Philipp Kohlschreiber, Germany, 1445 26. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, 1435 27. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 1425 28. Benoit Paire, France, 1380 29. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 1375 30. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 1275 31. Sam Querrey, United States, 1265 32. Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, 1264 33. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 1245 34. Julien Benneteau, France, 1185 35. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, 1170 36. Ernests Gulbis, Latvia, 1156 37. Gael Monfils, France, 1125 38. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 1110 39. Jeremy Chardy, France, 1085 40. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 1080 41. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, 1055 42. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 1050 43. Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, 1030 44. Florian Mayer, Germany, 985 45. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 940 46. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 931 47. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 920 48. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 910 49. Michael Llodra, France, 889 50. Horacio Zeballos, Argentina, 876 Doubles 1. Bob Bryan, United States, 13000 1. Mike Bryan, United States, 13000 3. Alexander Peya, Austria, 6810 4. Bruno Soares, Brazil, 6810 5. Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 5770 6. Leander Paes, India, 5545 7. Rohan Bopanna, India, 5320 8. Marc Lopez, Spain, 4740 9. Marcel Granollers, Spain, 4740 10. Mahesh Bhupathi, India, 4580 Teams 1. qx-Bob and Mike Bryan, United States, 12705 2. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares, Brazil, 6185 3. Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez, Spain,

3350 4. Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 2990 5. Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi, Pakistan, and JeanJulien Rojer, Netherlands, 2695 6. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo, Brazil, 2685 7. Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski, Poland, 2540 8. David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 2250 9. Julien Benneteau, France, and Nenad Zimonjic, Serbia, 2220 10. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Scott Lipsky, United States, 2030 x-clinched year-end No. 1 ATP WORLD TOUR SCHEDULE H-hard, C-clay, G-grass Dec. 30-Jan. 6 — Brisbane International, HO (Andy Murray) Dec. 31-Jan. 6 — Qatar ExxonMobil Open, HO (Richard Gasquet) Dec. 31-Jan. 6 — Aircel Chennai Open, HO (Janko Tipsarevic) Jan. 7-12 — Heineken Open, HO (David Ferrer) Jan. 7-12 — Apia International, HO (Bernard Tomic) Jan. 14-27 — Australian Open, HO (Novak Djokovic) Feb. 1-Feb. 3 — Davis Cup I Feb. 4-10 — Open Sud de France, HI (Richard Gasquet) Feb. 4-10 — PBZ Zagreb Indoors, HI (Marin Cilic) Feb. 4-10 — VTR Open, CO (Horacio Zeballos) Feb. 11-17 — Brasil Open, CO (Rafael Nadal) Feb. 11-17 — SAP Open, HI (Milos Raonic) Feb. 11-17 — ABN AMRO World Tournament, HI (Juan Martin del Potro) Feb. 18-24 — Open 13, HI (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga) Feb. 18-24 — U.S. National Indoor Championships, HI (Kei Nishikori) Feb. 18-24 — Copa Claro, CO (David Ferrer) Feb. 25-March 2 — Abierto Mexico Telcel, CO (Rafael Nadal) Feb. 25-March 2 — Dubai Duty Free Championships, HO (Novak Djokovic) Feb. 25-March 3 — Delray Beach International Championships, HO (Ernests Gulbis) March 7-17 — BNP Paribas Open, HO (Rafael Nadal) March 20-31 — Sony Open, HO (Andy Murray) April 5-7 — Davis Cup II April 8-14 — U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championships, CO (John Isner) April 8-14 — Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, CO (Tommy Robredo) April 14-21 — Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, CO (Novak Djokovic) April 22-28 — Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, CO (Rafael Nadal) April 22-28 — BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy, CO (Lukas Rosol) April 29-May 5 — Portugal Open, CO (Stanislas Wawrinka) April 29-May 5 — BMW Open, CO (Tommy Haas) May 5-12 — Mutua Madrid Open, CO (Rafael Nadal)

May 12-19 — Internazionali BNL d’Italia, CO (Rafael Nadal) May 19-25 — Open de Nice Cote d’Azur, CO (Albert Montanes) May 19-25 — Power Horse Cup, CO (Juan Monaco) May 26-June 9 — Roland Garros, CO (Rafael Nadal) June 10-16 — Gerry Weber Open, GO (Roger Federer) June 10-16 — AEGON Championships, GO (Andy Murray) June 16-22 — Topshelf Open, GO (Nicolas Mahut) June 16-22 — AEGON International, GO (Feliciano Lopez) June 24-July 7 — The Championships, GO (Andy Murray) July 8-14 — Hall of Fame Championships, GO (Nicolas Mahut) July 8-14 — SkiStar Swedish Open, CO (Carlos Berlocq) July 8-14 — MercedesCup, CO (Fabio Fognini) July 15-21 — bet-at-home Open, CO (Fabio Fognini) July 15-21 — Claro Open Colombia, HO (Ivo Karlovic) July 22-28 — BB&T Atlanta Open, HO (John Isner) July 22-28 — Credit Agricole Suisse Open, CO (Mikhail Youzhny) July 22-28 — Vegeta Croatia Open, CO (Tommy Robredo) July 29-Aug. 3 — bet-at-home Cup, CO (Marcel Granollers) July 29-Aug. 4 — Citi Open, HO (Juan Martin del Potro) Aug. 5-11 — Coupe Rogers, HO (Rafael Nadal) Aug. 12-18 — Western & Southern Open, HO (Rafael Nadal) Aug. 18-24 — Winston-Salem Open, HO (Jurgen Melzer) Aug. 26-Sept. 9 — U.S. Open, HO (Rafael Nadal) Sept. 13-15 — Davis Cup III Sept. 16-22 — Moselle Open, Metz, France, HI Sept. 16-22 — St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia, HI Sept. 23-29 — Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, HI Sept. 23-29 — Thailand Open, Bangkok, HI Sept. 30-Oct. 6 — China Open, Beijing, HO Sept. 30-Oct. 6 — Rakuten Japan Open, Tokyo, HO Oct. 7-13 — Shanghai Rolex Masters, HO Oct. 14-20 — Erste Bank Open, Vienna, HI Oct. 14-21 — If Stockholm Open, HI Oct. 14-21 — Kremlin Cup, Moscow, HI Oct. 21-27 — Swiss Indoors Basel, Basel, HI Oct. 21-27 — Valencia Open 500, Valencia, Spain, HI Oct. 28-Nov. 3 — BNP Paribas Masters, Paris, HI Nov. 4-11 — Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, London, HI Nov. 15-17 — Davis Cup final

Soccer Tuesday’s international scores (Home teams listed first) World Cup Europe QF - Final Group Stg Zilina, Ukraine Slovakia 1, Bosnia-Herzegovina 2 Yerevan, Armenia Armenia 0, Denmark 1 Vienna Austria 1, Ireland 0 Turin, Italy Italy 2, Czech Republic 1 Torshavn, Faroe Islands Faeroe Islands 0, Germany 3 Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia 0, Finland 1 Ta’Qali, Malta Malta 1, Bulgaria 2 St. Petersburg, Russia Russia 3, Israel 1 Skopje, Macedonia

Macedonia 1, Scotland 2 Serravalle, San Marino San Marino 1, Poland 5 Reykjavik, Iceland Iceland 2, Albania 1 Pireas, Greece Greece 1, Latvia 0 Oslo, Norway Norway 0, Switzerland 2 Nicosia, Cyprus Cyprus 0, Slovenia 2 Marijampole, Lithuania Lithuania 2, Liechtenstein 0 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Luxembourg 3, Northern Ireland 2 Kyiv, Ukraine Ukraine 0, England 0 Gomel, Belarus Belarus 2, France 4 Cardiff, Wales Wales 0, Serbia 3 Budapest, Hungary Hungary 5, Estonia 1 Bucharest, Romania Romania 0, Turkey 2

Astana, Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 0, Sweden 1 Andorra La Vella, Andorra Andorra 0, Netherlands 2 Africa El Gouna, Egypt Egypt 4, Guinea 2 Blida, Algeria Algeria 1, Mali 0 Asia Fifth Round Second Leg Tashkent, Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 1, Jordan 1; 2-2 aggregate; Jordan advanced on 9-8 penalty kicks Friendly Japan 3, Ghana 1 Valencia, Spain Canada 0, Mauritania 1 Tianjin, China China 2, Malaysia 0 Geneva Spain 2, Chile 2

Jackets think they have finally turned corner BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio — Things have changed with the Columbus Blue Jackets, not so long ago the lovable losers of the NHL. “We feel, going into the season right now, that we have every right to win as much as anybody else does,” said John Davidson, the club’s director of hockey operations. “I’m not sure that feeling was there going into last season.” The reason isn’t hard to pinpoint. The Blue Jackets were in their accustomed place in dead last in the NHL standings after the first 19 games (5-12-2) of the season, shortened to 48 contests because of the lockout. Then, all of a sudden, they caught fire. They went 19-5-5 the rest of the way and had the second-best record only to Pittsburgh in the final two months of the season. They won before increasingly large and vocal crowds at home, then went on the road and continued to win.

So, even though they tied for the final playoff spot and lost on a tiebreaker, there’s an entirely new and different feeling about the Blue Jackets, whether it’s from an excited fan base or newfound respect around the league. “What the players did was help energize a franchise that was middle to below-middle in how people looked at it in this community,” coach Todd Richards said on Tuesday. “No one was overly excited about it.” That’s not the case now, with season-ticket sales up and a definite air of expectation about the club as it opens training camp on Wednesday. The Blue Jackets play their first exhibition game on Sunday at home against the Penguins. The season opener is at home on Oct. 4 against Calgary. After years of dysfunction, defeats and dumb trades, the fast finish has piqued the interest of a lot of people. Some NHL experts believe the Blue Jackets’ late surge — along with a shift to the Eastern Conference — mark the club as one that is on the rise.

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High school football picks Central Alberta High School Football League Advocate Selections Thursday Hunting Hills Lightning at Sylvan Lake Lakers, 4:30 — A great game for early in the season. The Lightning should have the best ground game in the league with Matt Russell and Jin Ahn while the Lakers always have depth and strength on both sides of the ball. No matter what the case the rivalry makes for a good game. Just a feeling but pick: Hunting Hills. Friday Rocky Mountain House Rebels at Lindsay Thurber Raiders, 4:30 p.m., Great Chief Park. — A non-conference game, with another chance for both teams to work on preparation for the conference games. The Raiders looked good in their opener while the Rebels always start a bit slow, but have a number of top players returning. Pick: LTCHS. Wetaskiwin Sabres at Ponoka Broncs, 4:30 p.m. — The Sabres looked just fine in non-conference win over the Lakers while Ponoka is still growing as a team in only their second season back in the league. Pick: Wetaskiwin. Stettler Wildcats at Camrose Trojans, 7:45 p.m. — Neither team looked all that good in their first starts of the season. Stettler did move the ball against Hunting hills and if they can do that this week pick: Stettler. Lacombe Rams at Notre Dame Cougars, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park — Another interesting matchup. The Cougars are young, but looked to have talent and should be OK as the season goes on. Rams are always tough to handle and looked fine in win over Rocky. The fact the game in Red Deer, pick: Notre Dame. 2013 record: four right, one wrong .800 2012 record: 17 right, three wrong .850 43-year record: 898 right, 270 wrong .769

Football NFL Odds (Odds courtesy of SportsBetting.ag; favourites in capital letters) Spread O/U Thursday NY Jets at NEW ENGLAND 12 43.5 Sunday Washington at GREEN BAY 7.5 50 Cleveland at BALTIMORE 6.5 43.5 St. Louis at ATLANTA 7 47.5 San Diego at PHILADELPHIA 7.5 54 Minnesota at CHICAGO 6.5 42 CAROLINA at Buffalo 3 44 Tennessee at HOUSTON 9.5 43 Miami at INDIANAPOLIS 3 42.5 Dallas at KANSAS CITY 3 46.5 NEW ORLEANS at Tampa Bay 3 47 DENVER at NY Giants 4.5 54.5 Detroit at Arizona Pick 47.5 Jacksonville at OAKLAND 5.5 39.5 San Francisco at SEATTLE 2.5 44.5 Monday Pittsburgh at CINCINNATI 6.5 40.5

Hockey Red Deer Rebels Preseason roster x-Veteran Goal — x-Patrik Bartosak (at Los Angeles NHL camp); Rylan Toth; Taz Burman. Defence — x-Mathew Dumba (at Minnesota NHL camp); x-Kayle Doetzel (at Nashville NHL camp); Jake MacLachlan; Kirk Bear; x-Riley Boomgaarden; x-Brady Gaudet; Kaleb Denham; x-Haydn Fleury; x-Devan Fafard. Forwards — x-Conner Bleackley; x-Wyatt Johnson; x-Tyson Ness; x-Cory Millette; Earl Webb; xScott Feser; x-Dominick Volek; Vukie Mpofu; Adam Musil; x-Matt Bellerive; x-Rhyse Dieno (at Minnesota NHL camp); x-Lukas Sutter (at Winnipeg NHL camp); Grayson Pawlenchuk; x-Christian Stockl; x-Brooks Maxwell; Cole Chorney; Mathieu Lapointe. Red Deer Rebels WHL preseason scoring (x-no longer on roster; reassigned) (*-rookie) GP G A Pts PIM +/x*de Wit 3 0 3 3 6 -1 Fleury 3 1 1 2 10 0 *Lapointe 2 0 2 2 4 -2 Volek 3 0 2 2 2 -1 x*McCarty 1 1 0 1 0 -2 x*Burke 2 1 0 1 0 1 *Chorney 2 1 0 1 0 1 Bellerive 3 1 0 1 2 -2 Stockl 3 1 0 1 0 -2 *Bear 4 1 0 1 12 -1 *Musil 4 1 0 1 2 -3 x*Nell 1 0 1 1 2 2 x*Strand 1 0 1 1 0 -2 Maxwell 2 0 1 1 0 0 *Webb 2 0 1 1 0 -1 *Denham 3 0 1 1 4 -1 *Mpofu 4 0 1 1 6 -1 Boomgaarden 1 0 0 0 4 0 x*Naherniak 1 0 0 0 0 — *Burman 2 0 0 0 0 — Feser 2 0 0 0 0 0 x*Mahura 2 0 0 0 8 0 Millette 2 0 0 0 2 -1 Morse 2 0 0 0 6 -2 Ness 2 0 0 0 7 0 x*Shmoorkoff 2 0 0 0 0 -3 Bleakley 3 0 0 0 0 0 Fafard 3 0 0 0 11 -1 Johnson 3 0 0 0 6 0 *MacLachlan 3 0 0 0 2 -2 *Toth 3 0 0 0 0 — *Pawlenchuk 4 0 0 0 4 -1 Goaltenders MP GA SO GAA Sv% *Burman 95 1 0 0.63 .977 *Toth 79 10 0 7.61 .861 x*Naherniak 29 4 0 8.14 .778

Golf course offers $9.11 special on 9-11, apologizes BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin golf course owner who advertised nine holes of golf for $9.11 to mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks apologized Tuesday but said he would keep the club open despite a backlash that included death threats. Tumbledown Trails Golf Course near Madison advertised the special in the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper on Monday, saying it was intended to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. The discount, which also included 18 holes of golf for $19.11, was good for the anniversary on Wednesday only. News of the offer spread on social media and the golf course’s Facebook page was overrun with negative comments. Owner and general manager Marc Watts said he received death threats and threats to burn down the family-operated public golf course.

This week Today ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Stettler at Ponoka, 7:45 p.m.; Red Deer at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Thursday ● High school football: Hunting Hills at Sylvan Lake, 4:30 p.m.

Friday ● High school football: Rocky Mountain House at Lindsay Thurber, 4:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Wetaskiwin at Ponoka, 4:30 p.m.; Lacombe at Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m., Great Chief Park; Stettler at Camrose, 7:45 p.m. ● WHL preseason: Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Lacombe Barnett Arena. ● College preseason hockey: SAIT at RDC Kings, 7 p.m, Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: High River at Three Hills, 8 p.m.

Saturday ● College golf: ACAC North regional men’s and women’s compeition, Lacombe Golf and Country Club. ● Peewee football: Innisfail at Olds, 10 a.m.; Rocky Mountain House at Red Deer Hornets, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park; Stettler at Sylvan Lake, 11 a.m. ● Cross country running: Hunting Hills races at 10, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m., 12:30 and 1:30 p.m., ACAC Grand Prix races with women at 2:45 p.m. and men at 3:30 p.m., River Bend Recreation Area. ● Bantam football: Hunting Hills at Lacombe, 11 a.m.; Innisfail at Olds, noon; RV Rage at Sylvan Lake, 1:30 p.m.; Rocky Mountain House at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m. ● College women’s/men’s soccer: SAIT at RDC Queens, noon; SAIT at RDC Kings, 2 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Black, 1:30 p.m., Arena; Southeast at Red Deer White, 4:15 p.m., Arena. ● WHL preseason: Medicine Hat at Red Deer, 7 p.m., Stettler Recreation Centre. ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Three Hills at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Arena. ● Major midget female hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Collicutt Centre.

Sunday ● ACAC golf: ACAC North regional men’s and women’s compeition, Lacombe Golf and Country Club. ● Major bantam hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer White, 11 a.m., Arena; Southeast at Red Deer Black, 1:45 p.m., Arena. College women’s/men’s soccer: ● RDC Queens at Olds, noon; RDC Kings at Olds, 2 p.m. ● Heritage junior B preseason hockey: Blackfalds at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.

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FRONT Creating community supports for aboriginal AIDS/HIV will be the focus of a ‘not-conference’ on Thursday. The day-long event at the Comfort Inn boardroom, 6846 66th St. in Red Deer, will instead by held in a collective impact model, which is supposed to create space for peer-to-peer learning, collaboration and creativity through the sessions. The focus of the session will be to find out what the vision is for aboriginal AIDS/ HIV supports. Contact Brenda St. Germain at 780-760-6949 or Kathleen Thompson, 780-232-9061. To RSVP, email brenda_st_ germain@shaw.ca.

BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF It was back to school — a new old school — Monday for students from the Smallboy Camp. Approximately 25 students from the camp northwest of Nordegg on the Forestry Trunk Road started their school year in Nordegg at the Smallboy Outreach School, which is being operated on a pilot basis by Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools in 2013-14. Two teachers and two educational assistants will be working with the students

in the town’s public works building, where kindergarten to Grade 7 will be in a traditional classroom setting and students in higher grades will receive instruction through the division’s St. Gabriel Cyber School with classroom support. The division ran a similar pilot project two years ago. “A group of students (from the Smallboy Camp) approached us two years ago to meet their educational needs. Unfortunately, Alberta Education couldn’t sustain the funding for that project,” said division superintendent Paul Mason. “Late last year, a proposal was submitted to reignite this initiative and in early

August Alberta Education informed us that they would be able to provide funding for this initiative. It’s a collaborative effort between the students and parents from the Smallboy Camp, Alberta Education and ourselves.” Edmonton Catholic School District has run the Mountain Cree Camp School near Robb, northwest of Nordegg, since 2009. Students from the camp have also attended the Ta-Otha Community School on the Big Horn First Nation and school in Rocky Mountain House over the last few years.

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Build/Golf a Kid to Cure has donated $14,000 to six schools in the Red Deer Public School District to help fund the breakfast and snack programs. This year, Oriole Park will receive $1,150, Central Middle School $5,000, Glendale $4,200, Aspen Heights $1,150, West Park Elementary $1,500 and Normandeau $1,000. The funds come from the 2012 Build/Golf a Kid To Cure campaign.

EXOTIC CRITTER AUCTION Fancy a finch? Desire a duck? Covet a kangaroo? If so, the Innisfail Exotic Bird and Small Animal Auction on Friday and Saturday will offer over 1,000 consignments of birds, fish, reptiles, and other small animals. The auctions get underway at the Innisfail Auction Mart at 7 p.m. on Friday and 10 a.m. on Saturday. Featured animals and pre-consignments are posted online at www. innisfailexoticauctions. com. Contact Ty at 403485-8815 or tylerjcm@ msn.com.

CORRECTION A story in Tuesday’s Advocate incorrectly identified council candidate Dan McKenna’s occupation. McKenna is a casino gaming consultant.

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Lonkar employees Jason St. Peter, left, and Ruben Calliou set up their outside exhibit space Westerner Park in preparation for the Red Deer Oil and Gas Expo this week. Westerner Park will be a busy place as oilfield companies take part in the two-day Red Deer Oil and Gas Expo. The two-day trade show kicks off Wednesday at 9 a.m. with some 400 booth spaces booked in the Stockmans and Prairie pavilions, and an outdoor display.

Wyntjes runs again BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF With the heart and soul of Red Deer in mind, a first-time councillor is seeking a second mandate. Coun. Dianne Wyntjes said her heart and ears are to the ground to make Red Deer better. “I like to think about what people need,” said Wyntjes. “I am a good community citizen. I care about my city. I plan to live here in my retirement. I am willing to Dianne work hard and Wyntjes to listen. I see this as a fulltime job. I don’t do it as a secondary job. It is my job.” Over the last three years, Wyntjes said council had a good track record with its work related to governance and the midyear budget review. On personal level, she was most proud of the motion to keep Michener Centre open, working to keep Red Deer’s water clean and most recently the conversations around a living wage in the city. She said these issues are important because they are the decisions that impact residents. “Our infrastructure and roads are very important but at the end of the day it’s the issues that impact people,” said

CIVIC ELECTIONS Wyntjes. But she pointed out this council spent the most money historically on road maintenance in Red Deer. The 54-year-old said her mandate has not changed much from 2010 because she said her values and principles have not changed. She is championing environmental issues, safety and economic development. With three years under her political belt, Wyntjes said she has the experience and drive to serve residents. Wyntjes said she works well with others and believes in collaboration. Wyntjes is married to Allan, 54, a dairy and beef farmer. She is a former provincial/regional director of CUPE, where she worked for more than 30 years. Also in the running for council are incumbents Buck Buchanan, Lynne Mulder, Paul Harris and Frank Wong. Newcomers Dan McKenna, Jerry Anderson, Lawrence Lee, Matt Chapin, David Helm, Terry Balgobin, Victor Mobley, Calvin Goulet-Jones, Tanya Handley, Dawna Morey, Jonathan Wieler, Serge Gingras, Bob Bevins, Ken Johnston, Janella Spearing, Troy Wavrecan and Darren Young are also running. Councillors Cindy Jefferies and Tara Veer and newcomers William Horn and Chad Mason are running for mayor. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

The cancellation of a clinical trial of the liberation therapy disappointed a Central Albertan who received the treatment for her multiple sclerosis. Saskatchewan’s planned participation in a trial in Albany, N.Y., was cancelled on Monday after not enough people had stepped forward to be involved. Liberation therapy, also known as chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI), has been used to treat MS. And while the results of these treatments have been mixed, some MS patients have seen improvement in their condition after the treatment. May Feitsma, of Ponoka, received the treatment three years ago in India. She said since the treatment her symptoms have slowed down.

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Jerry Anderson looking for accountability BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF A retired businessman wants to give back to the community that has been good to him. Jerry Anderson, 66, a former hobby store owner, is tossing his hat into the Red Deer city council ring. Anderson said he has had concerns with how the city has been run since the current administration took office. Anderson has lived in Jerry Red Deer since Anderson 1987. No. 1 on his list is accountability from senior administration and city council on the good and the mistakes. “Council and senior administration have to take responsibility for the decisions they make,” said Anderson. “Personally I would not want to sit in an in-camera meeting. If you have elected me to represent you, you want to see what I am doing. I do believe, yes, there are some things that shouldn’t been said until the research has been made and the decision has been made, yes, I do agree with that. But I don’t believe in making decisions incamera where the public can’t see what’s going on.” Anderson said he lives and

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worked downtown so he is more familiar with the downtown than the average person. But he said the broader issues of education, health care and roads are issues for everyone. He said money should be spent on fixing potholes, sidewalks and other infrastructure needs. “There’s better ways to spend our money than planting plaques all over downtown and putting up monuments to pat yourself on the back for doing a job that you are well paid for,” said Anderson. Anderson does not believe in basing city decisions on the work of out-of-country consultants. He said he is a vocal person and listening to Red Deerians is his top goal. He believes council should be a full-time job and one he’s willing to take. Anderson said a vote for him would be a vote for change. Newcomers Dan McKenna, Terry Balgobin, Dawna Morey, Victor Mobley, Jonathan Wieler, Janella Spearing, Ken Johnston, David Helm, Serge Gingras, Tanya Handley, Troy Wavrecan, Darren Young, Lawrence Lee, Calvin Goulet-Jones, Bob Bevins and Matt Chapin are also in the running. Incumbents Paul Harris, Dianne Wyntjes, Lynne Mulder, Frank Wong and Buck Buchanan are seeking another term. Councillors Cindy Jefferies and Tara Veer and William Horn and Chad Mason are vying for mayor. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

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Sylvan Lake has reinvented its old Enviro Expo Sylvan Lake has reinvented its old Enviro Expo, and residents have a chance to experience the new event. On Friday from 2 to 7 p.m., 22 participants offering local shopping, tips on backyard gardening and wildlife awareness will be at the railway promenade, next to the Sylvan Lake Farmers Market. Between 5 and 7 p.m., a full sit-down dinner is planned, the newest feature of the event. Prepared entirely with food using a 100-km radius of Sylvan Lake, the dinner features chili, garden salad, rolls and sweets. It costs $5 per person with proceeds going towards Growing Green Neighbours, the community’s gardening group. An electronics round up is available to all residents interested in properly disposing of unwanted electronics. The Medicine River Wildlife Centre will be on the main stage at 4 p.m. and the Doll Sisters will perform live and unplugged at 5 p.m. Participants also have an opportunity to win one of two bicycles donated by Cast Away Sports and Terry’s Lease Maintenance, both of Sylvan Lake.

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Late day light plays on the water of the Red Deer River as people enjoy a warm evening skipping stones on the water over the weekend. For more information visit www. reddeer.ca/rpc.

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Children who want to play in the spray have until Sunday to enjoy the spray park near the Red Deer Recreation Centre downtown. The Blue Grass Sod Farms Central Spray and Play park is open daily from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The $1.1-million spray park may close earlier than Sunday if the weather is inclement. The 7,500-square-feet park opened earlier this year with 35 spray toys and two dump buckets. The park is slated to reopen on June 1, 2014, and stay open until the September long weekend.

Stairs at Gaetz Lakes Sanctuary along the back half of Wishart Trail have been temporarily closed for repairs. The bird blind, viewing decks, and Dr. George loop at the Red Deer wildlife sanctuary are not impacted. The stairs are expected to reopened later this week.

Art project for the bullied An online collaborative art project is reaching out to people who have been bullied. Bryce Evans, a Hunting Hills High School graduate and photographer,

STORIES FROM PAGE C1 Okanagan grape growers expecting SMALLBOY: Camp formed top crop after long in 1968 warm, dry spell

KELOWNA, B.C. — Grape growers across B.C.’s Okanagan Valley are expecting a sweet and abundant payoff thanks to a long spell of warm, dry weather that has baked the region for months. Picking of the earliestripening grape varieties could begin within the week and farmers anticipate one of the best harvests ever. “Reports from all across the Valley indicate people say this crop will be outstanding in terms of its overall quality,” said Ed Schiller, a board member of the BC Grape Growers Association. Schiller, who has a small vineyard in East Kelowna, said the growing conditions this summer have been nearly ideal. Only six millimetres of rain fell in the Kelowna area in July, and long stretches of hot and dry weather were perfect for the grapes’ development. “The amount of sustained heat we had on the vineyards was something a lot of people had never seen before,” Schiller said. With plenty of warm days still ahead in September, this season could eclipse 1998 as the year with the greatest number of days where temperatures remain above 10 degrees Celsius, but below 30 degrees, a range known as a heat-degree day, perfect for grape growing. “We’re in the running for the hottest one,” said Jim Wyse, owner of Burrowing Owl Winery in Oliver. Kelowna-area forecasts call for daytime high temperatures of 29 C every day this week, or about seven degrees warmer than usual for mid- September, hastening harvesting dates because the fruit will reach its desired sugar content more quickly. The record temperature for Sept. 11 was 32.9 C, set in 1973. Other record marks

for dates this week are all around 32 C as well. “I don’t think we’ll quite see any records this week, because you usually need a bit of wind to mix things up and we’re expecting fairly calm conditions,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Doug Lundquist. Overnight lows are expected to be around 14 C, considerably above the normal mark of 6 C for this time of September. About 27,000 tons of wine grapes with a cumulative value of just under $60 million were harvested in B.C. last year, in what was described as an above-average growing season. Just 23,000 tons of wine grapes came in from the fields in 2011, when growing conditions were poorer. Merlot, Chardonnay, and Pinot Gris are the three most widely-planted wine grapes. Vineyards cover just under 10,000 acres of land in B.C., up from about 5,000 acres a decade ago.

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The Smallboy Camp was formed in 1968 by a longtime chief of the Ermineskin band who, along with a group of about 140 supports, set up camp on the Kootenay Plains west of Nordegg to get away from the temptations of alcohol and drugs, and the influences of white society. A few years later, the camp was moved to its present site near Robb. Mason said the students will spend about 90 minutes on the bus each way to and from the school. He said Alberta Education will evaluate the pilot project. He expects they will make a decision in the spring on whether to continue funding. In other division news from the first fall board meeting: ● A consultant will be hired to work with a team to formulate a design for what the division hopes will be a new high school project announced in the fall. A new high school in Red Deer is the division’s No. 1 capital project and, earlier this year, it even announced a name for a future facility — St. Joseph High School — despite the province not having yet committed to building any such school. Mason expects the province will announce a new set of school construction projects in the fall, with a new Catholic high school on the list. The division is just trying to show some foresight, said Mason, and “looking to develop areas where students can collaborate together.” “We thought it’d be prudent to form this committee to get the thoughts of local stakeholders, parents, teachers, students and administrators so that we could have contributions at the table when it comes to the design of this facility,” he said. Under the province’s new P-3 method for school construction, school build projects are bundled together to be done by a single contractor, with a degree of uniformity to the schools achieved through standardized designs. But Mason said he believes there will be more possibility for input into the design of a new high school for the city.

created the One Project while fighting depression in high school. He now lives in Vancouver. The project is an online platform for story submissions about difficult subjects such as depression, suicide and bullying. Evans worked with Angelika Matson, another former Red Deer resident, on an interactive art project that asks the question: What is the worst thing anyone has ever said to you? The art piece inspired the Erase Bullying campaign by LUSH Cosmetics. Matson was bullied while she attended high school in Red Deer. She now lives in Edmonton. To submit stories or to view others including Matson’s, visit www.theoneproject.ca.

● Mason said preliminary estimates for the 201314 school year show division enrolment up by about five per cent over the year prior, with a number of schools dealing with space issues due to high enrolment. A new elementary school in Clearview Ridge is set to open in the division next year with room for as many as 500 students. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

MS: Not worse, not better “It hasn’t gotten worse and it hasn’t gotten better,” said Feitsma. “It is slowly going backwards, with my mobility and strength. I think without the liberation it would have gone that way, too, it’s more at a stand still now then what it would have been.” Confined to a wheelchair, Feitsma has secondaryprogressive MS and is paralyzed on her left side. Immediately after receiving the treatment, she was able to write with her right hand, something she had been unable to do for two years prior. Feitsma said she would go get the treatment again. Darrel Gregory, MS Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories director of marketing and communications, also expressed disappointment in the cancellation. He said the society would have closely monitored the trial and its potential outcomes. “We know this possible avenue of treatment represents hope for a lot of people,” said Gregory. “The fact they couldn’t get enough people to participate in the trial is very disappointing for us and I’m sure for everybody who lives with MS.” While slightly fewer than 200 people were required for the clinical trial to go ahead, only 86 signed up. Alberta is working on an observational study. Starting a year ago, any Albertan who had the treatment done was invited to participate in the two-year study. “We’re monitoring any research that is being done on MS and CCSVI to determine what the connection is, if there is in fact a connection at all,” said Gregory. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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Bill and Melinda Gates, scientists honoured FOR PHILANTHROPY, BRAIN STUDY AND DEVICES FOR DEAF BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Two scientists who illuminated how brain cells communicate, three researchers who developed implants that let deaf people hear and philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates have won prestigious Lasker Awards for medical research and contributions to public health. The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation announced the recipients of the $250,000 prizes on Monday. The awards will be presented Sept. 20 in New York City. The Gateses won the public service award “for leading a historic transformation in the way we view the globe’s most pressing health concerns and improving the lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable,” the Lasker foundation said. They have donated more than $26 billion to their philanthropic foundation. They often team up with agencies that can provide diverse expertise, the Lasker foundation said, noting that they supported an international partnership that has helped immunize hundreds of millions of children against killer diseases. Their current priorities include polio, agriculture and family-planning information and services. The Lasker clinical medical research award will be shared by Graeme Clark, an emeritus professor at the University of Melbourne in Australia, Ingeborg Hochmair of the company MED-EL in Innsbruck, Austria, and Blake Wilson of Duke University in North Carolina, for developing the modern cochlear implant. More than 320,000 people around the world use the implants for severe hearing loss, the foundation said. The devices stimulate the auditory nerve with electric signals. Hochmair and Clark worked independently, in the face of scientific skepticism that electrical stimulation could produce meaningful hearing. The implants were approved in the U.S. in 1985. Wilson later designed a new way for implants to process speech, which has allowed most users to understand words and sentences with no visual cues. The advance fueled a growth in implant use that began in the early 1990s, the foundation said. The Lasker award for basic medical research will be shared by Richard Scheller of the biotech company Genentech and Dr. Thomas Sudhof of Stanford University. With research they began independently in the late 1980s, they unraveled details of how brain cells release chemical messengers to communicate with each other.

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Microsoft Corp. founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, right, and his wife Melinda Gates attend to a child as they meet with members of the Mushar community at Jamsot Village near Patna, India. The couple won the Lasker public service award “for leading a historic transformation in the way we view the globe’s most pressing health concerns and improving the lives of millions of the world’s most vulnerable,” the Lasker foundation said this week. Scientists are beginning to find connections between the molecular equipment they studied and serious illnesses like Parkinson’s disease, the foundation said.

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Saskatchewan says multiple sclerosis liberation therapy clinical trial cancelled REGINA — A clinical trial for the so-called liberation treatment for multiple sclerosis has been cancelled. Saskatchewan had planned to put up $2.2 million to have 86 patients take part in the trial at a medical centre in Albany, N.Y. But the centre has told the province that it won’t test the therapy that involves opening blocked neck veins. The trial lead, Dr. Gary Siskin, said they couldn’t get enough volunteers for a valid result. “Meaning that we needed to have a certain number of patients where, at the end of the trial, we’d be able to test the data that we had in a statistically meaningful way and without the right number of patients, those results would be meaningless,” Siskin said Monday. Just under 200 people were needed. Siskin said he believes there are two reasons for the lack of volunteers. One is that some physicians question the therapy and didn’t push patients to join the trial. The second is that it was a double-blind trial — meaning half of those participating would have received liberation therapy and half would get a placebo procedure. The patients would not know which one they got for several years. “It’s easy to say that everyone would do it if they knew that they would all get treated,” he said. “But if only half the patients were to get treated and half the patients would undergo a sham procedure, not everyone is always willing to do something like that.”

Seven patients from Saskatchewan had already travelled to Albany. Six had a procedure done while one was found ineligible for the trial. The treatment is based on a hypothesis by Italian vascular surgeon Dr. Paolo Zamboni that a condition he dubbed chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency, or CCSVI, may be linked to multiple sclerosis. The theory suggests that narrowed neck veins create a backup of blood that can lead to lesions in the brain and inflammation. Liberation treatment involves opening up the veins with balloon angioplasty, the same procedure used to unblock coronary arteries.

Health Minister Dustin Duncan said news that the trial was cancelled is disappointing for some 3,500 Saskatchewan people who want to know whether the treatment can help relieve MS symptoms. “It’s a setback in terms of the research,” said Duncan. “Tomorrow we begin the search for where Saskatchewan’s role is in MS research going forward.” Duncan said the province’s first choice is to be involved in another double-blind study. The health minister said Saskatchewan would like to join a national trial but added that was “unlikely” to happen because the provinces have al-

ready been selected. “We want to be involved in MS research, that may be continuing with liberation therapy, but it may be outside of that as well that we will pursue,” said Duncan. Canada has one of the highest rates of MS in the world at 240 cases per 100,000 people. In the Prairies, the rate is even higher at 340 per 100,000 people. Liberation treatment has not been approved in Canada and people who want it pay thousands of dollars out of their own pockets to have the procedure done abroad. New Brunswick is the only province that provides funds to help MS patients get the treatment. However, the

brain lesions, one of the hallmarks of the progressive neurological disease, after undergoing the procedure. Siskin said the larger double-blind study is important and he hopes it can be done in the future. “You know, maybe this was just a little bit ahead of where it needed to be, but I think that ultimately someone is going to need to do a trial that blinds people to what treatment they receive in order to really understand what type of benefit this procedure has for patients,” he said. “I believe that this trial needs to be done at some point.”

New Brunswick Medical Society said in July that recent studies have shown liberation therapy doesn’t work for the majority of patients and the money would be better spent on clinically effective treatment. A small clinical trial out of the University of Buffalo found in March that the intervention did not improve patients’ symptoms and in some cases even made their disease worse. The study of 30 MS patients concluded that the treatment is safe, but researchers said it showed no benefit on numerous measures of symptoms, disease progression and quality of life. As well, MRI scans showed some patients had increased

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON — About 1 in 10 men in some parts of Asia admitted raping a woman who was not their partner, according to the first large studies of rape and sexual violence. When their wife or girlfriend was included, that figure rose to about a quarter. International researchers said their startling findings should change perceptions about how common violence against women is and prompt major campaigns to prevent it. Still, the results were based on a survey of only six Asian countries and the authors said it was uncertain what rates were like elsewhere in the region and beyond. They said engrained sexist attitudes contributed, but that other factors like poverty or being emotionally and physically abused as children were major risk factors for men’s violent behaviour. A previous report from the World Health Organization found one third of women worldwide say they have been victims of domestic or sexual violence. “It’s clear violence against women is far more widespread in the general population than

we thought,” said Rachel Jewkes of South Africa’s Medical Research Council, who led the two studies. The research was paid for by several United Nations agencies and Australia, Britain, Norway and Sweden. The papers were published online Tuesday in the journal, Lancet Global Health. In the new research, male interviewers surveyed more than 10,000 men in Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Papa New Guinea. The word “rape” was not used in the questions, but the men were asked if they had ever forced a woman to have sex when she wasn’t willing or if they had ever forced sex on someone who was too drunk or drugged to consent. In most places, scientists concluded between 6 to 8 per cent of men raped a woman who wasn’t their partner. When they included wives and girlfriends, the figures were mostly between 30 to 57 per cent. The lowest rates were in Bangladesh and Indonesia and the highest were in Papa New Guinea. Previous studies of rape have been done in South Africa, where nearly 40 per cent of men are believed to have raped a woman. Of those who acknowledged forcing a woman to have sex,

more than 70 per cent of men said it was because of “sexual entitlement.” Nearly 60 per cent said they were bored or wanted to have fun while about 40 per cent said it was because they were angry or wanted to punish the woman. Only about half of the men said they felt guilty and 23 per cent had been imprisoned for a rape. “The problem is shocking but anyplace we have looked, we see partner violence, victimization and sexual violence,” said Michele Decker, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, who co-wrote an accompanying commentary. “Rape doesn’t just involve someone with a gun to a woman’s head,” she said. “People tend to think of rape as something someone else would do.” “It’s not enough to focus on services for women,” said Charlotte Watts, head of the Gender, Violence and Health Centre at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, who was not part of the study. She said some programs in Africa based on challenging traditional ideas of masculinity are proving successful. “It may be that the culture where they grew up condones violence, but it’s not impossible to change that,” she said.

Online shoe retailer moves corporate headquarters to Las Vegas BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS — Online shoe retailer Zappos.com on Monday began stepping into a new downtown Las Vegas corporate headquarters, after a multimillion-dollar makeover of the former Las Vegas city hall building. Among the whimsical elements the first 200 employees will find in the rebranded 10-story building are a Lego brick sculpture in the lobby, pingpong tables in recreation areas and elevator video games. The intent is to encourage interaction and creativity for up to 2,000 workers going to and from open-form work spaces in the days and weeks

it is very likely that you may be involved in a love-hate relationship. You may need to create new compromises. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your focus Wednesday, September 11 is directed into a new sphere in your life and CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: this has to do with all types of partnerships. Virginia Madsen, 52; John Hawkes, 54; In all your dealings, you may THOUGHT OF THE DAY: find some exasperating energy, This is a highly busy day in the most likely stemming from your celestial playground. The Sagdomestic realm. ittarius Moon will do its best to GEMINI (May 21-June 20): bring us all a light-hearted vibe. Keeping up with deadlines can However, Mercury is in distress prove a challenging ordeal. You with Neptune, which will make can easily lose track of your our conversations rather vague work if you don’t maintain your and hard to pin down. Mars is at focus and if you keep procraswar with Pluto signalling an urge tinating. You seek partnership, to be controlling and argumentayet the other party is not retive. With Venus’ entrance into sponding. Scorpio, passions are ignited at CANCER (June 21-July 22): their maximum potential. ASTRO Try not to take to heart other HAPPY BIRTHDAY: If today DOYNA people’s problems and make is your birthday, you will need to them yours. Conversations at apply self-honesty towards yourhome should run pretty smoothself and towards your partner this ly. If you need to have a heartcoming year. to-heart talk with one of your A cloud of confusion may follow you evparents, use it now. Expenses might be higherywhere where your most important relationer than expected. ships are concerned. Circumstances may LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may want to push you to question yourself and your curinvest quite a deal of cash into some real esrent union asking you to evaluate whether or tate or into your own living space. During this not you are investing your efforts wisely into time, you may wish to purchase new furniture, this relationship. decorate or just embellish your surroundings ARIES (March 21-April 19): You will feel with a hint of a functionality and comfort. some discordant forces working against you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You find yourRomantic waters may be too shaky now and self thinking more and more about your finan-

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cial situation and whether or not your partner’s needs identify with yours. Uncertainty resides between you and a special someone. Bewilderment sets in emotional complexes in your union. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are entering a phase where financial pressures may be mounting or lessening. No matter what your situation is, you will tend to be pretty satisfied with your accumulated wealth. Your earnings are on the rise and so is your temptation to make new purchases. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Circumstances are such that they push you into being argumentative and quite controlling. Pay special attention, however, your tendency to clash with someone who holds a leadership role, such as a boss or anyone in authority. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are finally in your own element today. The sky favours you and wants you to succeed in practically any endeavour you wish to put your time and heart into. Your drive and your motivation are at an ultimate high. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Take it

city officials and Hsieh (pronounced “Shay”) agreed on a lease with the company that owns the downtown cornerstone property at Las Vegas Boulevard and the U.S. 95 freeway. City Hall moved in February 2012 to a gleaming new glass building several blocks away. Zappos.com had moved in 2004 from San Francisco to Henderson, as it grew from an online shoe-selling startup into a $1.2 billion Amazon.com corporate acquisition. In addition to the office move, Hsieh is the main investor in Downtown Project, a $350 million real estate, business and technology effort to revitalize rundown areas around the corporate campus.

slow today and finish anything that needs to be done. You have to terminate a chapter in your life before you start a new one. You are gradually entering a more upbeat phase of your life where your presence will be much sought after. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will become a pioneer in your own field of expertise. Everyone will be reacquainted with your inspiring and your skilful flair. Your dealings with others will prove dynamic and exhilarating. At times, it is really hard to keep up with your eclectic nature. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): There is an element of puzzlement and confusion in terms of how to share your joint finances. You may have serious trouble trying to organize or making sense of your shared resources on a daily basis. Astro Doyna is an internationally syndicated astrologer and columnist. Her column appears daily in the Advocate.

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Crystal still foolin’ ’em FROM SHA NA NA TO YANKEE STADIUM: COMEDIAN IS JUST YOUR TYPICAL BABY BOOMER BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Billy Crystal remembers a show in Baltimore, around 1975, when he opened for the ’50s revival act Sha Na Na. He was an unknown comic at the time, an unknown who happened to look exactly like one of Sha Na Na’s lead singers, Johnny Contardo. “I’m introduced and I have no billing,” Crystal says during a recent interview. “’Please welcome another star of our show and an up-and-coming new comic . . . ’ That was the ’70s. Whenever you heard ’up-and-coming new comic,’ it was like ‘Ugh.’ “When I hit the stage they thought I was Johnny playing a guy named Billy Crystal and they booed and they hissed and so forth. And I started getting in their face, in a funny way. And I finished my set and I got a standing ovation after I walked off. And Johnny got a T-shirt that he would wear and it said, ‘No, I’m not Billy Crystal.”’ It’s been a long time since Billy Crystal has been mistaken for anyone else. At 65, he has the same round face, scrappy New York accent and rubbery grin known to fans of Analyze This, When Harry Met Sally . . . and all those Oscar telecasts. Seated in his publicist’s office, sipping coffee from a paper Starbucks cup, he looks at least a decade younger than his age and is working at the same pace — constant — that he’s kept up for much of his life. He’s set to star in a film comedy directed by Frank Oz and this fall will return to Broadway with his one-man show about his childhood and his father, 700 Sundays. His whole life is on record for his current project, the memoir Still Foolin’ ’Em, which set off a million-dollar bidding war among publishers last spring that was finally won by Henry Holt and Company. Turning 65 was all the inspiration he needed. “All of my really dear friends who are the same age are pretty much saying the same thing, which is basically, ‘Wow. Jeez. This is really happening,”’

he says. “You go through stages — first day of school, ‘It’s a bar mitzvah,’ ’a wedding.’ ’You now who died?”’ Crystal is both a typical baby boomer, baseball fan and political liberal who brags about his grandchildren and can’t believe that he’s a grandfather and a VIP who seems to have lived out every childhood fantasy — a star of movies, television and the stage, befriended by Muhammad Ali and Mickey Mantle, adored by Sophia Loren. During one Oscar show, Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty stopped by his dressing room to compliment him. Beatty and Bill Clinton turned up backstage after a performance of 700 Sundays. He has not only palled around with Mantle, Yogi Berra and other New York Yankees, he even got to play for them. “In 2007, I was in Costa Rica for Christmas vacation and could feel my birthday looming,” Crystal writes in his memoir. “I was anxious about turning 60 — it felt like a huge number. Derek Jeter happened to be at our hotel.” Jeter “happened” to be there, and also happened to be a longtime friend who asked Crystal to make a birthday wish. On March 13, 2008, Crystal was allowed an at-bat during a Yankees exhibition game. “Dreams have come true for me in so many different ways that’s it’s almost astounding,” he says. “As I was writing these things, other people reacted to them — I’ve lived through them, but other people say, ‘Do you realize how many great things have happened?”’ He has had disappointments — minor, major and profound. Joe DiMaggio once punched him in the stomach (Crystal, hosting a tribute at Yankee Stadium for Mantle, had failed to introduce DiMaggio as “the greatest living” baseball player). He was scheduled to appear on the debut broadcast of Saturday Night Live, but his segment was cut. The 1992 film Mr. Saturday Night, which Crystal directed and starred in, was a critical and commercial letdown that kicked off a dry spell and made booked for the Centrium, so far, this fall and winter.

BRIEF Alabama-based folk-country group to play Red Deer in January The radio-friendly U.S. sibling trio The Band Perry will stop in Red Deer to play for fans during their We Are Pioneers World Tour. The Alabama-based folk-country group best known for the hits If I Die Young, Better Dig Two and Done, are touring Europe and North America, with a performance at Red Deer’s Centrium on Jan. 15. The Band Perry released an album called Pioneer and performed Done on a live broadcast at the Canadian Country Music Association Awards on Sunday. Canadian ticket sales for the Live Nation concert begin on Nov. 1 at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster. This is the first big arena concert

Illinois hometown of Roger Ebert raising money for statue to honour him CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Organizers in Roger Ebert’s hometown announced plans Tuesday to try to raise $125,000 to build a life-size bronze statue of the late famed film critic. The statue would go in front of Champaign’s Virginia Theatre, which has hosted the Ebertfest film festival for 15 years. Ebert, a Pulitzer Prizewinning movie reviewer and television personality, grew up in neighbouring Urbana and attended the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.

For Booker finalists, including two with Canadian bona fides, the odds are odd TORONTO — Literature and gambling are odd bedfellows. But that hasn’t stopped bookies from setting the

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This book cover image released by Henry Holt shows ‘Still Foolin’ ‘Em: Where Iíve Been, Where I’m Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?’ by Billy Crystal. Crystal wonder if his movie career was over. But the real wound was sustained at age 15 when his father died of a heart attack. Jack Crystal was a jazz promoter and producer, and his son’s first audience. “That’s how you start,” Billy Crystal says, “making your parents laugh. And he was a really great mentor in looking at these really great comedians on television and saying, ‘Watch Laurel and Hardy and not The Three Stooges.’ ‘You can stay up late, even though it’s a school night.’ Then you can watch Ernie Kovacs and stay up for Jack Paar

because Jonathan Winters is on.” With the 50th anniversary of his father’s death approaching, Crystal decided it was a good time for another run, likely the last, of 700 Sundays. “I love the energy of Broadway and I thought this was the way to commemorate it (his father’s death) and then put the show to rest,” he says. “I see the thread (in life) as I always end up returning to the stage, to get up in front of people and make them laugh and make them look at themselves and make them nod their heads and go, ‘Oh, that’s me, too.”’

odds for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, which announced its six-author short list on Tuesday. “It’s like a game, and there’s something funny being in the same category as a race horse,” said Ruth Ozeki. “At this point, there’s nothing more I can do.” Ozeki’s novel A Tale For The Time Being was among the six finalists for the prize recognizing the finest fiction in the Commonwealth, with Ozeki representing one of two authors with Canadian ties. In fact, the B.C.-based author herself defied the odds set by online betmaker William Hill, who listed her book as the longest shot to make it after the 13-author long list was whittled down. “So how seriously can you take them?” she said, with a laugh. New Zealand-based Eleanor Catton, whose novel The Luminaries also made the cut and who was born in London, Ont., found the Booker-bookie connection bemusing too. “I suppose people will bet on anything, won’t they?” she said in an interview from England. “I feel a bit uncomfortable with that, the idea of having someone bet on me. It’s almost

like as if I found out that someone was betting on whether or not my current relationship would last. “Obviously, these books haven’t changed at all since they were on the long list, or before that — they’re still the same experience.”

Neil Young pans Keystone pipeline Canadian music legend Neil Young has waded into the debate over the Keystone XL pipeline with inflammatory comments that compare Fort McMurray to the scene of an atomic bomb strike. Young told a press conference in Washington that he had visited Fort McMurray, home base to northern Alberta’s oil sands development, on a driving tour within the past two weeks and he called it a wasteland that looks like Hiroshima. His comments came the same day that Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver was in the American capital talking up Canadian environmental policy and TransCanada’s Keystone project, which is designed to carry Alberta bitumen to refineries in Texas.

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COPPOCK Frances Elizabeth Fran passed away peacefully at the Red Deer Regional H o s p i t a l o n We d n e s d a y, September 4, 2013 at the age of 65 years. She will be lovingly remembered by her dear husband, Dalton; children, Charles and Sarah (Joey); grandchildren, Alyna, Hannah, Charlie, James and Zoe. A Celebration of Fran’s Life will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at Red Deer Funeral Home, 6150 67 Street, Red Deer, Alberta. Memorial donations in Fran’s honor may be made directly to a charity of the donor’s choice. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

CRUICKSHANK, Myrna Joyce Sept. 3, 1937 - Sept. 9, 2013 Myrna is survived by her husband of 47 years, Donald Cruickshank; their children, Bruce, Karen (Dennis) Mitchell and Joshua Koens, Sharlene (John) Keana, Jordan and Wyatt Fraser; two adopted children, Ryan and Jacky (Dave) Jessica, David, Christopher, Kurtis, Tysen and Melissa Humes; her two sisters, Gayle Dulaney and Sherry (Jim Kasparsons) and many nieces, nephews and friends. She is predeceased by her parents, Mary and Stan Cawley, her brothers-inlaw and sisters-in-law. At Myrna’s request, there will be a private graveside service. Family and friends are invited to attend a Memorial Tea at the Penhold Senior Centre, 3001 Minto Street, Penhold, Alberta on Friday, September 13, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. In honour of Myrna, memorial contributions may be made to STARS or the Alberta Children’s Hospital of Calgary. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com. Arrangements in care of Rhian Solecki, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM, 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

Heck (Kenzle) Christina Lynn SMITH, Jean Myott 1974-2013 1946 - 2013 Christina Lynn Heck, 39, of It is with heavy hearts that Leslieville, AB passed away we announce the passing of suddenly on September 7, Jean Myott Smith of Red 2 0 1 3 . C h r i s w a s b o r n i n Deer. Jean passed away at Innisfail, AB on April 16, 1974 t h e R e d D e e r R e g i o n a l and was raised in Caroline, Hospital Centre on Sunday, AB graduating high school in September 8, 2013 at the 1992. Chris graduated from age of 67 years. Jean will be Red Deer College earning lovingly remembered by her her Health Care Aide husband Jackie, son certificate in 2004. Chris met Malcolm (Anita) Smith of Michael Heck in 1990 and Richardson, Texas, daughter they started a family together Suzanne (Al) Smith-Brake of in 1995 with the birth of their Fort McMurray, Alberta, four son Coltyn in 1995 , followed grandchildren; Cameron, by their son Jol in 1998. C a e l a n , L o c h l a n a n d Chris and Michael settled in Isla-Jean and brothers Eddy various locations throughout ( A n n e ) G r a y a n d D a v i d central Alberta and ultimately Young both of Scotland. A resided in Leslieville, AB. celebration of Jean’s life will Chris spent her free time on be held at Parkland Funeral her Harley Davidson Cross H o m e , 6 2 8 7 6 7 A S t r e e t Bones motorcycle travelling (Taylor Drive) Red Deer, on near and far throughout B.C. Thursday, September 12, and the USA. She enjoyed all 2013 at 11:00 a.m. outside activities, particularly Condolences may be sent or those involving camping, viewed at quadding, and the gathering www.parklandfuneralhome.com. of friends around a campfire. Arrangements in care of Chris leaves to mourn her Maryann Hansen, husband Michael Heck and Funeral Director at sons Coltyn and Jol Heck; PARKLAND FUNERAL her mother Linda Wold HOME AND CREMATORIUM, (friend Carl); her father Gib 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Kenzle; her brother Blair (Jodi) Drive), Red Deer. Kenzle, nephew Kayde and 403.340.4040 niece Kylee; her brother Cameron (Niki) Kenzle, nephew Cole; her motherand-father in law Maryanne and Dennis Schimpf; brother-in-law Clarance (Sai) Heck, sister-in-law Janeen (Khom) Wong; and sister-in-law Sarah (Tyler)Heck , nephews Drayden and Paxton. Chris was pre-deceased by her maternal grandparents Cyril and Jessie Tose and her paternal grandparents Jack In Memoriam and Frances Kenzle; and stepfather Gary Wold. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. Memorial service arrangements entrusted to Metcalf Funeral Homes and will be held at the Caroline Complex on Friday, September 13th at 2:00.

KANDER Barry Martin June 17, 1954 (Windsor, Ont) Sept. 6, 2013 (Edm. AB) Barry will be lovingly remembered by his sons; Cole and Bryce, whom he In Memory of adored; their mother Penny GEORGE REITMEIER (Darlene) and a host of who passed away amazing friends, as well as September 11, 2012 brothers Phil and Len; sister, Fay; their families, and the Always remembered golf course (his lifelong fondly by wife Anna mistress). Barry was predeand children; ceased by his parents Harry Wendy, Nancy, Michael and Sarah “Sally” Kander. and their families After university, Barry came west to see the mountains In Memory and never moved back. He Of Ken Sutley spent his life teaching in Mar. 28, 1943 - Sept. 11, 2011 Lousanna, Innisfail, and Red A tear rolls down our cheek, Deer. In June 2012 Barry as we remember was especially proud to every thought and memory, receive a Spirit Award from we remember Central Middle School for We see your face, we hear teaching and volunteerism. your voice, we remember Barry was diagnosed with the love and respect we Crohn’s disease early in life shared, we remember and the medications then We will never forget you or caused liver damage. In the 11th day of September 2000 he received a liver transplant. Barry was very Remembering you with love grateful for that gift and the today and always: extra 13 years it gave him. Marilyn & family Barry stubbornly held on during the last 3 years of declining health but despite a Funeral Directors heroic effort he passed away & Services awaiting another liver transplant. Through it all, Barry never complained and he was very appreciative of the loving care he received from his health care teams at Red Funeral Home Deer and U of A hospitals, & Crematorium and from his family and friends. As a final tribute to 6150–67 Street Barry, please sign your donor cards and discuss your Red Deer, AB wishes with your family. Donations in his memory may 403-347-3319 be made to Canadian Liver reddeerfuneralhome.com F o u n d a t i o n ( l i v e r. c a ) . A memorial luncheon for Barry w i l l b e h e l d S a t u r d a y, September 21, at Gaetz Red Deer United Church lower hall Funeral Home & Crematorium by Arbor Memorial (4758-50 St., Red Deer) from Arbor Memorial Inc. 2-4 pm with a Memorial Service at 3 pm. Lowest Price Guaranteed!

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Entry Level IT/Programmer wanted for full time position to join our growing dynamic team in Red Deer. Must be fluent in Windows, Adobe Creative Suite, HTML editing software, Web site creation and management software., CSS. Some knowledge of PHP, Java Script, and MYSQL would be an asset. Benefits available. Send resume with portfolio and salary expectation to careers@buyairsoft.ca or fax to 403-346-6717. F/T Multi Media and Web Graphic designer wanted to join our growing dynamic team in Red Deer. Benefits and competitive wages. Send resume with portfolio and salary expectation to careers@buyairsoft.ca or fax to 403-346-6717. Start your career! See Help Wanted

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ADAM & EVE UNISEX REQ’S P/T / F/T HAIR CUTTING PERSONNEL. Above average earnings. Submit resume in person at Parkland Mall. NEW IMPRESSIONS SALON & SPA Seeking F/T Hair Stylist Drop off resume to 190 Northey Ave. Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

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P/T F. caregiver wanted for F quad. Must be reliable and have own vehicle. 403-348-5456 or 403-505-7846

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Legal Assistants Duhamel Manning Feehan Warrender Glass LLP t/a Altalaw

Our firm is expanding! Legal Assistant positions in Litigation, Real Estate, Wills & Estates and Corporate/Commercial are available. Competitive salaries, great benefits in a good working environment is offered. Please email your resume to the Office manager at ssimmons@ altalaw.ca Only candidates on the short list will be contacted for interviews.

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1ST RATE ENERGY SERVICES INC., a growing Production Testing company, based out of Sylvan Lake, is currently accepting resumes for the following positions:

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A position for an RNor LPN is avail. for one day a week (Wed.) We offer a friendly working environment and staff. Please bring your resume to 215-5201-43rd St. Red Deer or fax to 403- 341-3599

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If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current driver’s abstract and current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 Lstouffer@1strateenergy.ca Please specify position when replying to this ad.

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IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Night Foremen, Day & Night Operators Must have H2S, First Aid, valid driver’s license. Pre-employment Drug screening Competitive Wages. Benefit Package Please submit resume with references to: apply@wespro.ca or by fax to (403) 783-8004 Only individuals selected for interviews will be contacted

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in Ponoka county, supplies oilfield septic containment & disposal throughout AB. We require Driver Operators for small vac trucks. Oilfield exp. is an asset. Must have H2S, First Aid, TDG, clean driver’s abstract & Class 5 license, drug testing. $20/ hr. to start, home every night, benefits. Fax resume to Dan 403-704-1127 or email: dan @langansiteservices.com

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WELL TESTING: Supervisors Night Operators Operators • • • •

Have current Safety certificates including H2S Be prepared to work in remote locations for extended periods of time Must be physically fit Competitive wages, benefits and RRSP offered

Please email resume with current driver’s abstract to: www.colterenergy.ca Under Career Opportunities Pressure truck operators and Class 1 & 3 drivers. Small company, good money, paid benefits. Looking for responsible, safe drivers and operators. Phone 403-391-8004 for details. haulinacid.com Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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FITNESS CLASS - DROP IN Clearview Community Hall, 93 Cornett Drive Thursdays 6:30 pm-7:30 pm - Commencing September 12 $10 per class. Bring Weights and Mat. Instruction for all levels of fitness. Sue Carton - AFLCA Certified (403) 340-0866 suetown@telus.net

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TO ADVERTISE YOUR SALE HERE — CALL 309-3300 Deer Park 78 DOBLER Ave. Sept. 12, 4:30-7:30, Sept. 13, 9-4. Household, kids, outdoor items and clothing and more.

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TOPLINE OILFIELD HAULING

LOCAL Testing company seeking experienced Well Testers for areas including Sask. and US. Positions available immediately. Day/Night Supervisors & Assistants. MUST HAVE valid H2S and First Aid. Competitive wages and health benefits. Email resumes and tickets to: welltesting365@ gmail.com

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Must be able to Provide own work truck Leadership and Supervisory skills- mentor and train crew Strong Computer Skills Operate 5000psi 10,000 psi (sweet and Sour wells) Collect Data - pressure, rates, temperatures Assist in Rig in and Rig out of equipment Tr a v e l t o a n d f r o m locations across Western Canada REQUIREMENTS:

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Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking an exp’d FLOORHAND Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

must have all necessary valid tickets for the position being applied for. Bearspaw offers a very competitive salary and benefits package along with a steady work schedule. Please submit resumes: Attn: Human Resources Email: hr@bearspawpet.com Fax: (403) 258-3197 or Mail to: Suite 5309, 333-96 Ave. NE Calgary, AB T3K 0S3 TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

TREELINE WELL SERVICES

Has Opening for all positions! Immediately. All applicants must have current H2S, Class 5 with Q Endorsement, (No GDL licenses) and First Aid. We offer competitive wages & excellent benefits. Please include 2 work reference names and numbers. Please fax resume to: 403-264-6725 Or email to: tannis@treelinewell.com No phone calls please.

URS FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES requires Tubing Inspection operator, manual lathe operator, and Shop & Yard Laborers. Exp. an asset but will train to suit. Competitive wages and benefits. Apply w/resume to: 4115 Henry St. (Blindman Industrial Park)

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Maple Leaf Environmental & Safety Ltd. is a proactive, dynamic and progressive company. We are recruiting for the position of Plant Shutdown personnel: Safety Supervisors, High angle, Bottle watch, confined space watch, EMR’s, EMT/P and Rope Rescue for projects throughout Western Canada. Please e-mail resume & qualifications to: kanderson@ mapleleafsafety.com or klilley@ mapleleafsafety.com Fax: 403-637-2024

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EAST 40TH PUB

Looking for Part/Full Time BARTENDER/SERVER. Apply with resume to 3811 40 Ave, Red Deer FRATTERS Speakeasy Venue is looking for experienced Servers & Prep Cooks. Competitive wages, great atmosphere. Email info@fratters.com We are on On FaceBook or Call 403-356-0033 MUCHO BURRITO $11.33/Hr - Cust Serv EMAIL -MUCHOREDDEER @HOTMAIL.COM Original Joe’s Restaurant & Bar is hiring experienced Line Cooks! We offer competitive wages with tips and a benefit package after 3 months. We also have opportunities to move up quickly! Please apply in person after 2:00 pm. Pho Thuy Duong Vietnamese Restaurant hiring F/T kitchen help. Open availability. Evenings & weekends. Please drop resume at Bay #4, 5108 52 St. SUNSHINE Family Restaurant - F/T Kitchen Helper. $11.41/hr, 40 hrs/wk. Email: janegosselin@telus.net

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VAC/steamer Truck driver. Lacombe area, HOME EVERY NIGHT. Fax resume to 403-704-1442

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Sales & Distributors

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1693338 Alberta LTD o/a Custom T’s Hiring Sales Supervisor-retail at Parkland Mall, Red Deer, AB. Experience min 2 years, Good English. Supervise and co-ordinate sales staff, F/Time, Perm, Shifts, Weekends Salary - $19.00 hourly E-mail: Reachiesales @gmail.com ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com

FLURRIES SHEEPSKIN is looking for 5 SALES REPS, selling shoes & apparel, at our Parkland Mall. 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10/hr. + bonus & comm. F/T Position. No exp. req’d. Email Flurriesrd@gmail.com

Trades

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AGRICULTURAL MECHANIC - Full Time: experienced Ag mechanic, heavy duty ticket preferred but not required. Valid Drivers license needed. Excellent benefits package, competitive pay, no engine work, wide variety of machines to work on. Apply in person, by fax at 403-347-3740. Please provide resume & references. Call 403-340-1000 & ask for manager. ALL SEASON Decking is looking for vinyl and railing installers. Must have own truck. We are also looking for general labourers. Please email resume to allseasondecking@ hotmail.com ARROW ARC WELDING is looking for WELDING APPRENTICE LOCATED BY Gull Lake. Phone Brian 403-318-6760 BUSY LOCAL PLUMBING COMPANY has immediate opening for

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to do commercial & agricultural service work. Excellent pay and full benefits. Clean drivers abstract required for company supplied vehicle. Call Drew at 403-396-7990 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

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DNR Pressure Welding requires B-Pressure Welders/Labourers for various projects in Alberta. Long term employment. Excellent opportunity for apprenticeship. Excellent benefit packages. Fax resume to 403-742-5759 or email: dnrwelding1 @dnrwelding.ca. Attention: Ryan. No Phone calls please. Drug and Alcohol program in effect. DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

is currently seeking JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS & SERVICE ADVISORS. We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package. Please email resume to Joey Huckabone joey@pikewheatonchev.ca EAGLE Builders LP, a concrete Erecting Company based out of Blackfalds requires a hard working, motivated individual to fill a full-time welding position at our company. The successful candidate will be a 2nd or 3rd year apprentice and must be a SMAW CWB qualified welder. There will be on the job training. Must also be able to travel. All meals and hotel expenses are paid when out of town. Applicant must have reliable transportation to and from work and a valid class 5 driver’s license. Successful applicant must provide an up to date drivers abstract. Construction experience an asset. Full benefits provided. Starting wages based on experience. Fax resumes to 403 885 5516 or e-mail at HR@eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

GOODMEN ROOFING LTD. Requires

PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc Req’s a

Maintenance Foreman Responsible for: * Day to day maintenance of oilfield fleet * Monthly maintenance records * Parts inventory * Shop safety Skills and experience needed: * HD Mechanic with fleet experience * Hydraulic and winch expertise * Strong organizational skills We offer exceptional wages and benefits for exceptional people. Fax resume to 403-314-2340 or email to safety@ providencetrucking.ca SHEET Metal Installer for HVAC Company. Residential or retro-fit exp. req’d. Great benefit pkg. ALSO, Shop helper required. E-MAIL resume to: info@comfortecheating. com or fax: 403-309-8302 STAINLESS STEEL PIPE WELDERS Required experience with (short circuit Mig) would Be an asset. Local shop work only, Great Rates Please email resume to info@dynamicprojects.ca or Fax: 403-340-3471 STUCCO PLASTERERS & LABOURERS. Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train. Drivers License pref’d. Lots of work! 403-588-5306

TRUE POWER ELECTRIC Requires

QUALIFIED JOURNEYMAN 2rd and 4th yr. ELECTRICIANS With Residential roughin exp. Competitive wages & benefits. Fax resume to: 403-314-5599

Required Immediately WATER WELL DRILLING The largest after market COMPANY IN BENTLEY parts distributor in Canada is REQ’S EXPERIENCED seeking a H.D. Parts person WATER WELL to join our experienced team in Red Deer. DRILLERS HELPER This individual would with class 3, air. All safety require basic knowledge of tickets required. the heavy-duty truck and Meal and Accommodation trailer market with excelprovided when out of town. lent knowledge of truck Fax resume with drivers and trailer brake and abstract: 403-748-3015 suspension parts. Western Masonry The individual would have to be able to work Structures unsupervised in a fast F/T bricklayers, Stone Layers paced environment. They & laborers. Must have own should also possess transportation. Fax customer service skills that resume to 403-340-0762 would be used daily by or email resume to phone and for walk in clients. tom@westernmasonry.com This position offers above average salary and is a full Truckers/ time position. We offer complete benefit package Drivers along with pension plan. Please forward your resume to: Traction Heavy Duty 8045 Edgar Industrial Crescent Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 Class 1 Driver OR FAX 403-342-7377 Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com Winch or picker experience an asset but not necessary. JOURNEYMAN H.D. Scheduled days off MECHANIC req’d immed. Benefits after 90 days for very busy heavy equip. Regular hrs, 12/mo. yr. sales lot in Innisfail. Start immediately Wage range $25. - $35/hr To apply please send your depending on exp. resume to: Preference will be given gerry@oilbossrentals.com to those with previous or fax to 1-866-914-7507 equipment rental service, F/T TRUCK drivers req’d. lifts and off road Minimum Class 5 with air construction equipment and clean abstract. Exp. experience. Fax resume to 403-227-5701 or email: preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres. bouvier9@telus.net Red Deer. MECHANICS req’d for busy transmission shop. You can sell your guitar Allison Transmissions exp. for a song... an asset but will train. or put it in CLASSIFIEDS Exc. wages and benefits and we’ll sell it for you! available. Fax resume to: 403-885-2556

860

PAINTER

Commercial/Residential Experience required. Vehicle required. Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829

880

Misc. Help

ADULT CARRIERS REQUIRED

Misc.

Daytime, Evening, FT & PT Shifts Available

Apply by: Fax: (403) 341-3820 or in person at Downtown KFC 4834-53 St., Red Deer

H.D. Parts Person & Warehouse Person

850

Trades

880

Micron Industries is a licensed inspection facility Help in Red Deer specializing in cryogenic tank repairs, Academic Express currently seeking a ADULT EDUCATION Mechanic with HD, AND TRAINING Hydraulic and Hose crimping experience. Must FALL START have their own tools. Weekdays 7:00 to 4:30. • Women in Trades Excellent working conditions & benefits after • Math and Science in the Trades 3 months. Fax resume to • GED preparation (403) 346-2072 or email Gov’t of Alberta Funding admin@micronindustries. may be available. ca

DELIVERY DRIVERS

Oilfield

850

SLOPED ROOFERS LABOURERS SOAP Stories is seeking 5 & FLAT ROOFERS retail sales reps. Selling soap & bath products. Valid Driver’s Licence $12.10 hr + bonus & compreferred. Fax or email mission. Ft No exp. req`d. info@goodmenroofing.ca Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. or (403)341-6722 Red Deer. email resume to NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! premierjobrd@gmail.com

820

TANKMASTER RENTALS requires CLASS 1 BED TRUCK Operators and Tank Truck Operators for Central Alberta. Competitive wages and benefits. m.morton@tankmaster.ca or fax 403-340-8818

EXPERIENCED

The Tap House Pub & Grill req’s full and part time cooks. Apply with resume at 1927 Gaetz Avenue between 2-5 pm.

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

Restaurant/ Hotel

TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring experienced operators Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com fax 403-844-2148

THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for F/T DISHWASHER F/T COCKTAIL SERVER and DININGROOM SERVER Must have experience! Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

303422F4

EXPERIENCED OILFIED HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATORS. Must have all safety tickets. Competitive wages. Fax-403-749-3367

is a busy & growing oilfield trucking company looking for EXPERIENCED WINCH TRUCK DRIVERS & SWAMPERS Successful candidates will receive top wages & benefits. Valid Class 1 licence is necessary & oilfield tickets are an asset. Please forward all resumes to: topline@telus.net

Trades

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

For Early morning delivery of Red Deer Advocate in Eckville Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in MOUNTVIEW AREA 44A Ave. & 35 St. Area $237/mo. ALSO 42 Ave. & 35 St. Area $240/mo. ALSO Spruce Drive & Springbett Dr. $103/mo. ALSO 43A Ave. between 37 St. & 39 St. and 43 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. $77/mo. ALSO 42 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. $116/mo. ROSEDALE AREA Roche St. & 3 Blocks of Roland St. $54/mo. TIMBERLANDS AREA Turner Cres., Timothy Dr., Towers Cl., Tobin Gt. $113.00/mo. ALSO Timberstone Way, Talson Pl., Thomas Pl., Thompson Cl., Trimble Cl., Traptow Cl. $200.00/mo.

880

Misc. Help

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk

880

CARRIERS NEEDED FOR FLYERS, RED DEER SUNDAY LIFE AND EXPRESS ROUTES IN:

ANDERS AREA

DEER PARK AREA Dowler St. & Area 102 Papers $546/mo.

Abbott Close Allan St. Allan Close

EAST ROSEDALE AREA Ramage Cres & Close Areas 65 Papers $348/mo.

INGLEWOOD AREA

EASTVIEW AREA 108 Papers $578/mo.

LANCASTER AREA

MICHENER AREA 134 Papers $793/mo.

Long lose Law Close/ Lewis Close Langford Cres. Addington Drive

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

SUNNYBROOK AREA

Isherwood Close Inglis Cres. Iverson Close

Sherwood Cres./ Stanhope Ave. VANIER AREA

ADULT or YOUTH CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of Flyers, Express and Sunday Life

Visser St. Vanson Close Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

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GLENDALE Gilbert Cres. & Glendale Blvd. ALSO Greig Dr. & Gish St. ALSO Grimson & Goodall Ave.

TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

RIVERSIDE MEADOWS 51, 52, 53 Ave. & 58A St.

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the BOWER AREA

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info

WESTPARK AREA Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $. CASH CASINO is hiring a

F/T CLEANERS

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery in WESTPARK & WESTLAKE AREAS Please call Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Misc. Help

(Reliable vehicle needed)

3am - 11am shift. Need to be physically fit. Must have reliable transportation. Please send resume attn: Greg Tisdale gtisdale@ cashcasino.ca or fax 403-346-3101 or drop off at Cash Casino, 6350 - 67 St. DISPATCHER req’d. Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. Verbal and written communication skills are req’d. Send resume by fax to 403-346-0295

880

OPERATOR 2 POSITION is now accepting applications for a full time Operator 2 position. The position includes Plant Operations and Sanitation duties.

Packages come ready for delivery. No collecting.

Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Application Closing Date: Sept. 12, 2013. Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to:

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

F/T sales and customer service associate, bilingual French/English an asset. Hourly wage plus benefits. email: careers@buyairsoft.ca GASOLINE ALLEY Petro Canada req’s. 2 f/t or p/t cashiers $11.50/hr. & food supervisor $15/hr. Email resume tiell1004@gmail.com LOOKING FOR A P/T CUSTOMER SERVICE REP in a green drycleaning plant. Must be able to work some evenings until 7 p.m. & some Saturdays. Call Shannon 403-550-7440 Looking for an experienced Floral Designer. Customer service and flexible hours a must. Email somethingcountry@live.ca or fax 403-358-5086

INNISFAIL

Applicants must have a minimum Grade 12 diploma and must be available for shift work.

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113, Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403) 747-2660 email: mlyle@rahr.com

Please reply by email: qmacaulay @reddeeradvocate.com or phone Quitcy at 403-314-4316

Looking for reliable newspaper carrier for 1 day per week delivery of the Central Alberta Life in the town of

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd., a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt,

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE Bring your leadership exp. to Kal Tire & get skilled for success. Apply to: sourcing@kaltirejobs.com

317698I8

Oilfield

800

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED For afternoon delivery once per week In the towns of:

www.trican.ca

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

...Join our Team!

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS

Scan to see Current Openings

317168H30

Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307

WORLDWIDE KNOWLEDGE - LOCAL SOLUTIONS

Permanent PT merchandiser required. 15+ hours per week Tues and Wed daytime. Must be able to lift repetitively, have email, internet and reliable transportation. Please send your resume to employment@metronews. org.

RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013 D3

FAST TRACK PHOTOS Call 403-309-3300 to get your vehicle pictured here 2002 LEXUS SC 430 convertible/hardtop $14,888.

2005 Gulf Stream 40’ 4 slides, 8.1 GMC workhorse, loaded, 1 owner, beautiful cond. $66,000. 780-372-2079

DO YOU HAVE A MOTORHOME TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

1990 VANGUARD 28’ 460 Ford, air, cruise, sleeps 6, rear bed, full shower & bath, 73,500 kms. $12,000. 403-302-8061

2002 T-BIRD hard-top, convertible, red, int. ext. like new, 81,000 hwy. kms. $23,000. firm. 403-347-4915

2005 PONTIAC G6 GT, 3.5L, V6, 200HP, 4 spd auto, 4 dr, trifold sunroof, remote start, 81,832 km $8250. 403309-4255 or Picton82@shaw.ca

2007 HONDA CRV EXL, awd, lthr., sun roof, command start, 134,000 kms. $16,500. obo. 343-6156

1993 BMW 323 iS 196,000 km. Like new. Lots of extras. $9900. 403-357-4848

DO YOU HAVE A SEADOO TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 TOYOTA Spyder MR2 Roadster, 64,527 kms., 5 spd, $16,888.

2007 LAND Rover Range Rover, 4X4, supercharged V-8, loaded, $33,888. 7652-50 Ave. Sport & Import

1997 DODGE Ram 1500 145,000 km. Manual, 4x4, gas, canopy. $6500 obo. 403-728-3161 or 304-4239

2003 Ford Excursion 4X4, 7.3 L diesel, $16,888.

2006 CHEVY Trailblazer SS 1 owner, exc. shape. $16,999. 403-357-4848

2007 SUBURBAN 1500 LT loaded, new tires. DVD, 103,000 km. 403-346-2608

2008 SANTA FE. Basically loaded. Set of winter tires, on rims. 161,000 km. $11,500 obo. 403-848-1377

DO YOU HAVE A TENT TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2004 BMW X3 AWD, sunroof, 6 spd. $13,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2006 CRESTLINER Sport Fish SST. C/W 225 Evinrude Etec, elec. down riggers, 110 low ramce, all safety gear. Asking $50,600. 403-340-2535

2007 TOYOTA FJ Cruiser, C Package, auto., loaded 75,000 kms. Very nice, trades considered. $19,900. 403-598-0682

DO YOU HAVE A DIRT BIKE TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A HOLIDAY TRAILER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A BOAT TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 Acura MDX tech pkg 79,851 km $26,888 AS&I 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788

2010 CAMARO 1LT, sunroof, Synergy Green package, 29,638 kms., $23,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2011 VW Diesel Jetta Diesel, 6 spd., highline model. Loaded, new winter X-Ice Tires, 68,000 km, warranty. $22,500. 403-588-6294

2006 GMC Sierra 2500 HD Exc. cond. Loaded, $10,900. 403-340-3562

2008 BMW 535xi $29,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

2010 CHEV Silverado 1500 LT Z71, custom bumpers, cold air intake. $24,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

2012 Silverado LT 4x4 for sale. Power seats, mirrors, step rails. 13,000 km. $29,900. 403-843-1162, Ron

winterized, queen bed, 2 furnaces, 3 slides, 5 appls. loaded, immac. $43,000. 306-450-0971 in Stettler.

DO YOU HAVE AN ATV TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

DO YOU HAVE A SPORTS CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

348-8788 Sport & Import

AB Sport & Import 403-348-8788

348-8788 Sport & Import

2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $8000 obo SOLD

DO YOU HAVE

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2008 GMC Acadia SLE

2010 MERCEDES

AWD, $20, 888. 7652 - 50 Ave., Sport & Import

BENZ GLK 350 lthr., sunroofs, 98,295 kms., $29,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2008 MERCEDES BENZ CLK 350 sunroof,

2010 SILVERADO 1500 LTZ silver, 90,000. 403-346-2608

nav., 20,415 kms, $32,888. **SOLD** Sport & Import

2001 BMW Z3 loaded, 5 spd. manual, 2 tone leather int. new windshield & tires. $11,500 obo 403-755-2760

VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

DO YOU HAVE A TRUCK CAMPER TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2005 AUDI S4 6 SPEED. Mint, 94,661 km. Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788

2006 Jetta TDI 73,699 km $16,888 AS&I 403-348-8788

2008 BMW X5 3.0 $31,888 Sport & Import 403-348-8788

DO YOU HAVE A CAR TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2002 CHEV Avalanche, 4 dr, box cover, loaded, no leather, only 165,000 kms $5650. 403-348-9746

DO YOU HAVE A JEEP TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2006 Range Rover Sport HSE $25,888 Sport & Import 7652 50 Ave 403-348-8788

2008 BMW X5 4.8i. Pano Roof, Nav, DVD 67,566 km, $36,888 AS&I 403-348-8788

DO YOU HAVE A HEAVY TRUCK TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

TO SELL? ADVERTISE IT IN THE FAST TRACK, Call 309-3300.

2010 JEEP Grand Cherokee $21,000. 403-598-4131 or 403-358-4131

2010 Toyota Tacoma

4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, great cond. 59,500 kms. Only $21,500 Call 403-396-5516

2013 Monte Carlo 38’

REDUCED!!

2006 Honda Civic LX, 2 Dr, 84,202 km., original owner, great cond. Keyless entry, aux. jack, brand new battery. Asking $10,900. 403-302-1138

Sell your vehicle FAST with a Formula 1 Classiﬁed Vehicle Ad

SEPTEMBER TO REMEMBER SALE roof, loaded, only 24,000 kms

2009 AUDI S4 QUATTRO Stk #VP4532. turbo V6, 6 spd., fully loaded, only 8,900 kms

Was $56,990 Reduced to Clear $ $

36,990 or $273/b.w. 53,990 or 387/b.w. GARY MOE VOLKSWAGEN

2008 HONDA PILOT 4X4 EX-L Stk #V34571B. fully loaded, w/leather

2009 AUDI A4 CABRIOLET QUATTRO Stk #V34658A. S-line turbo, auto,

& moon roof, 7 pass. seating

1 owner, only 69,000 kms

19,990 or 194/b.w.

34,990 or 286/b.w.

2011 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER LIMITED 4X4

2011 LINCOLN MKX LIMITED Stk #VP4458A. fully loaded, luxury,

Stk #VP4662. fully loaded, only 33,000 kms

Gasoline Alley South, (west side) Red Deer Locally Owned & Family Operated

42,990 or 309/b.w.

1 owner, only 24,000 kms

36,990 or $273/b.w.

403.342.2923

Visit garymoe.com

101187I11

2013 FORD EDGE “SPORT” AWD Stk #VP4650. 22” wheels, panoramic

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013

880

Misc. Help

Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding company.

General labourers

are needed to do framing, cleaning, reinforcing, pouring and other precast related jobs. All applicants must be flexible for hours and dedicated due to a demanding production schedule. Benefits are paid and lots of overtime. Own transportation to work is needed. Please fax resume to 403 885 5516 or email to k.kooiker@ eaglebuilders.ca. We thank all applicants for their applications, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. SHOP HELPER required for busy HVAC company. E-MAIL resume to: info@ comfortecheating.com or fax: 403-309-8302 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.

1660

Firewood

AFFORDABLE

BENJAMIN MOORE,

Spruce, Pine, Spilt, Dry. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Poplar. Can deliver 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227

LOGS

Semi loads of pine, spruce, tamarack, poplar. Price depends on location. Lil Mule Logging 403-318-4346 Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / del. Lyle 403-783-2275

1680

Garden Supplies

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 6’-20’ , equipment for digging, wrapping, basketing, hauling and planting. J/V Tree Farm. John 403-350-6439.

Household Furnishings

1720

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stuff

1530

1590

SWEATERS, (approx. 300) from Peru. All colors, sz. 0 - 8, all unique. wholesale price $21. ea. Easily sold at $39. ea. 403-845-3501

1630

EquipmentHeavy

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

1640

Tools

ACKLAND 225 ARC WELDER. Incl. helmet & stand. $150. 403-782-6050 NEW 18V cordless 3 tool drill, w/charger, light, saw, $80; new in box utility super winch w/remote, 2000 lb. $65 403-887-4981 OLD BEAVER TABLE SAW, $60. 403-782-6050 SKILL SAW, in case. Light duty; $20; Long metal tool box, 32”x9”x9”, grey; $10; Very nice Catelevered Tool box with sockets, wrenches, etc. $50. 403-358-7678

1650

Farmers' Market

CERTIFIED organic lamb, cut and wrapped, ready for freezer, 403-304-0149 FREE range pork, no antibiotics, growth hormones or animal bi-products in feed, halves or wholes @ $2.30/lb. + processing costs. Processing Sept. & Oct. To order 780-385-2474 or www. sunrisefarm.ca

1760

Homestead Firewood Moore style, int. acrylic la-

B A R S TO O L S , ( 2 ) l i k e new, light brown, swivel. $40. ea. 403-347-7893, or Cell 403-598-3104 WEEKEND dispatchers BUNK Bed, single & dble. req’d. immediately. wooden w/mattresses; Knowledge of Red Deer $750; Entertainment unit, essential. Will require good $300. 403-896-9416 verbal and written commuCHAIRS, 2 large comfy nication skills. Fax resume chairs with ottomans. to 403-346-0295 Beige. FREE! 403-896-9416 COUCH, brown IKEA. Corner model. FREE! 403-896-9416 DOUBLE box spring and mattress with frame, 5 sets of sheets, mattress cover and quilt, all CLASSIFICATIONS $200 403-348-6449 1500-1990 DOUBLE WIDE MATTRESS & BOXSPRING WITH FRAME $100. 403-346-0674 or 392-5657 Auctions ROUND oak kitchen table, single pedestal, 4 chairs, leaf, good cond, $100 Bud Haynes & SOLD Co. Auctioneers Certified Appraisers 1966 SIM’S Burgundy Leather Estates, Antiques, Reclining Sofa. Exc. cond. Firearms. Paid $2500. Asking $700. Bay 5, 7429-49 Ave. 403-343-6187 347-5855 WANTED Looking for a place Antiques, furniture and to live? estates. 342-2514 Take a tour through the CLASSIFIEDS

Clothing

Misc. for Sale

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

PANASONIC, T.V., older model. 35``. Works well. FREE! 403-887-1849 PS1 w/10 games $60; XBox 360 games $10/ea.; 403-782-3847 SONY stereo $50 obo 403-782-3847 Wii w/accessories and 7 games $160 obo 403-782-3847

Misc. for Sale

1760

1 BIKE HELMET $20. NEVER WORN. ****SOLD*** 17 BOXES OF GARAGE & YARD ITEMS. Includes: Nails, paints, clamps, snaps, U-bolts, brackets, insect dusts, yard & garden fertilizers, pegboard hooks, electrical items, plywood connectors, various adhesives, and much more. All for $50 or $5 a box. 25 Legal size file folders, all for $10. Blanket - Micro fiber light and soft. King size. Acorn brown. $25. Storage cabinet, 2 door, 6 shelves, wooden. 6’h x 34”w x 12”d. $30. 403-314-2026 8 DOZEN canning jars + accessories $50 403-598-5576 BELLE FIORE DISHES Huge collection. Platters, coffee mugs, cups, plates, bowls, etc. $200 obo. 403-343-7489 BENJAMIN MOORE, deck & siding stain, ext. wood. Natural color, Alkyd semi transparent. 3 cans, 3.79 L ea. $48. each. 403-346-7825

tex pearl, medium base paint. 1 can 3.67 L, color HC-1 Castleton Mist. $48. 403-346-7825 DIE cast models, cars, truck, and motorcycles #14 6350-67 St. east end of Cash Casino FLORESCENT lights, (2) 48`` complete with hanging chains & tubes, or can be mounted solid. Like new. $40. pr; Panasonic fax machine, complete, $40. 403-309-1737 KENMORE DEHUMIDIFIER. Like new. $50. 403-358-7678 KEROSUN KEROSEN HEATER Omni 105. Used once. $150. 403-782-6050 MASTER CHEF ELECTRIC BARBECUE & COVER Very good cond. Asking $75. 403-358-7678 NEW pair size 10 safety boots with liner $60 403-887-4981 SINGLE bed in a bag $10; microfibre sheet set (single) $10; flannel single sheet set $5; single mattress pad $5; safety wood gate $8 403-505-6612 SONY sound surround system, 30” GE self cleaning range, Admiral white fridge, Kenmore chest freezer, Sony boom box; 20” RCA flat screen tv, Kenmore microwave, Pioneer component stereo system; birch bookshelf w/6 shelves, 2 dark cherry bookshelves; full size Raven toolbox 403-304-0072

1830

Cats

SIAMESE (1), (1) Balinese (3) BURMAN kittens. $40/ea. 403-887-3649

Sporting Goods

1860

2140

Horses

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly. 403-651-5912

2190

Grain, Feed Hay

HAY, no rain. Orchard Grass, Alfalfa, Brome. $60./bale, negotiable. 403-302-7477, 343-2058 TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 WILL do Custom Baling. JD round net or string wrap. 403-342-0891 or 340-9111

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rentals CLASSIFICATIONS FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

3010

Acreages/ Farms

QUIET farm house, 20 min. to R.D. or Sylvan. No kids, no outdoor pets, ref’s req’d. Oct. 1. 403-347-1526

BODY Solid equip. Pd. $1800. Asking $800 obo., Exc. cond. 403-597-3958 Cash Only Browning BAR (Belgian) . 300 Win Mag, c/w sling & Leupold mount/rings. $750 obo 403-340-6865 LADIES set of golf clubs Slazenger Dynasty Pro model $150 403-598-5576

Collectors' Items

1870

BELLE FIORE DISHES Huge collection. Platters, coffee mugs, cups, plates, bowls, etc. $200 obo. 403-343-7489

Travel Packages

1900

TRAVEL ALBERTA Alberta offers SOMETHING for everyone. Make your travel plans now.

AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Livestock

2100

2 LAYING HENS, $15. ea. 403-346-7825

Poultry

2130

HERITAGE chickens, 1 rooster, 4 hens $50 403-746-3604

Condos/ Townhouses

3030

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

Manufactured Homes

3040

Caregivers

1060

LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT as a caregiver for seniors. I am exp. 403-885-1880 or Fern at 403-309-3300

Eavestroughing

1130

EVESTROUGH / WINDOW CLEANING. 403-506-4822 VELOX EAVESTROUGH Cleaning & Repairs. Reasonable rates. 340-9368

3060

Suites

1 & 2 BDRM at 5910-55 Ave., Riverside Meadows in 12 suiter, security cameras, private parking, balcony, laundry on site, no pets, no partiers, to over 35 year old quiet tenant. Rent/S.D. $800 for 1bdrm†& $950 for 2 bdrm. Ph: 403-341-4627 LACOMBE 2 bdrm. $895 403-782-7156 403-357-7465 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed. Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

QUIET LOCATION 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg. Heat/water/parking incl. Call 403-342-2899

Massage Therapy

1280

Executive Touch Massage (newly reno’d) (FOR MEN)STUDIO 5003A-50 st. Downtown 9 am - 6 pm. Mon. - Fri. 403-348-5650

FANTASY MASSAGE International ladies

Now Open

Specials. 11 a.m.-3 a.m. Private back entry. 403-341-4445

Misc. Services

1100

BLACK CAT CONCRETE Garage/patios/rv pads sidewalks/driveways Dean 403-505-2542 BOBCAT & Sodding, Seeding & Landscaping services, 14 Years Exper. 403-588-4503

CONCRETE???

We’ll do it all... Call E.J. Construction Jim 403-358-8197 or Ron 403-318-3804

LEXUS 392-0891 *BUSTY* INDEPENDENT w/own car

Handyman Services

1200

GREYSTONE Handyman Services. Reasonable rates. Ron, 403-396-6089

Massage Therapy

1280

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

3090

2 ROOMS furnished Highland Green. 403-342-4604 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

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FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

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4 Brand New Homes *1500 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage *1400 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage *1335 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage *1320 sq.ft., dbl. att. garage Call Kyle Lygas 403-588-2550 $10,000 Move-In Allowance MASON MARTIN HOMES

1290

Cargo & Dump Trailer’s, Daily, Weekly & Monthly Rentals, Delivery & PickUp Avail. Daily Rents starting at $49.95. Call or Text:† 403-391-9329 Email:† loadmup@telus.net

Painters/ Decorators

1310

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

1372

Misc. Services

1290

5* JUNK REMOVAL

Property clean up 340-8666

Window Cleaning

ing central AB. 403-318-4346

1420

WINDOW CLEANING. Outside / Inside / Both. 403-506-4822

Yard Care Ironman Scrap Metal Recovery picking up scrap again! Farm machinery, vehicles & industrial. Serv-

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homes CLASSIFICATIONS 4000-4190

Realtors & Services

4010

HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE Call GORD ING at RE/MAX real estate central alberta 403-341-9995 gord.ing@remax.net

Condos/ Townhouses

5000-5300

Antique & Classic Autos

5020

COLLECTOR CAR AUCTION Red Deer 6th Annual Fall Finale Westerner Park Indoors Sept 20 & 21 Consign your vehicle today 888-296-0528 ext. 102 EGauctions.com

Cars

Acreages

4050

2001/5 BR/3 Bath/ Ranch style bungalow , ICF Block, att. 28 x 33 heated garage; 40 x 48-2bay heated shop; 30 x 40 barn;X fenced;East Of Lacombe HWY #815/ TWP RD 410 $879,900 Call or Text 403-391-0383/www. 33acreslacombecountyab. com

APPROX. 30 ACRES 20 minutes to Lacombe, 30 minutes to Stettler. 1/2 mile off Hwy 12. Creek & excellent building site. Call 403-747-2168

SERGE’S HOMES 17 VINTAGE CLOSE BLACKFALDS Sat. & Sun. Sept. 14 & 15 1 pm - 5 pm 1980 sq. ft. 2 storey walk out. Contact Robert @ 403-505-8050

1430

SECOND 2 NONE Fall cleanup, eavestrough, cut grass/hedges, odd jobs 403-302-7778

2006 Range Rover Sport HSE $25,888 Sport & Import 7652 50 Ave 403-348-8788

Trucks

5050

2010 Toyota Tacoma

4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, great cond. 59,500 kms. REDUCED $21,500 Call 403-396-5516

5100

1999 CHEVY MALIBU 4 dr., V6, auto, loaded. Asking $1295. SOLD 1997 LEXUS needs TLC but runs well $2000 obo 403-886-2358

2012 Fleetwood Tioga Mercedes Diesel 3.0L 25’, 2 Slides, Onan Genset Walk Around Bed, Immac. Cond. 403-887-0911

1997 HONDA, 5 spd., 2 dr., very clean. 403-318-3040 1994 FORD T-Bird, 2 dr., loaded. clean. 352-6995

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2012 Fleetwood Tioga Mercedes Diesel 3.0L 25’, 2 Slides, Onan Genset Walk Around Bed, Immac. Cond. 403-887-0911

5110

Fifth Wheels

2013 Monte Carlo 38’ Locally owned and family operated

Tour These Fine Homes

4310

2008 Acura MDX tech pkg 79,851 km $26,888 AS&I 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788

2005 Audi S4 6 spd. Mint, 94,661 km. Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave 403-348-8788