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Council passes on lanes LEAVES FATE OF CONTROVERSIAL PILOT PROJECT IN THE HANDS OF NEXT CITY COUNCIL

BY CRYSTAL RHYNO ADVOCATE STAFF The next Red Deer city council will have its say on the controversial bike lanes.

City council voted 7-2 to keep the existing lanes pending a further review by the next council with future planning documents and to consider standards and policies for bicycle infrastructure with the proposed Transportation and Trail Master

Plans next year.

Transportation engineer Michael Williston told council that the city reached its objectives with regards to bike lanes which included creating better cycling connections throughout the city and creating and testing various forms of on-street bicycle facilities. Williston said the city learned from the experience and the changes were implemented in response.

“Safety had greatly improved for cyclists,” said Williston.

“To my knowledge over the past two years, there

have been no accidents related to the bike pilot.”

City staff will develop a detailed evaluation report on the pilot. Findings from the pilot will be used in future planning documents.

“We definitely got bang for our buck,” said Williston. “For the $800,000 that was approved for this to get 20 km plus or minus infrastructure you couldn’t get that doing anything else. You couldn’t expand a roadway a kilometre for that type of price.”

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Power cut terrifies woman VENTILATOR, TELEPHONE INOPERABLE

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer woman with breathing problems said her life was jeopardized when Enmax cut off electricity to her apartment on Monday, leaving her stranded without a working ventilator or telephone.

“It was pretty terrifying, wondering if someone was going to check on me,” said Linda Stilling, whose power was shut down at about 10 a.m. because of an unpaid bill.

It wasn’t until 1:30 p.m. that Stilling’s situation was discovered by her niece Crystal Dmitruk.

Dmitruk was worried after being unable to reach her sick relative by telephone, and asked the building manager to unlock her aunt’s apartment door at 2936-50th Ave. She said she found Stilling too scared to leave her bed.

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Linda Stilling, who relies on electricity for her Lifeline telephone system and a respirator, was without power Monday when the power company disconnected the power to her Red Deer apartment. Stilling is recovering from a spinal injury.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — A former Navy reservist went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the heavily secured Washington Navy Yard, firing from a balcony onto office workers in the cafeteria below, authorities and witnesses said. Thirteen people were killed, including the gunman.

Authorities said they were looking for a possible second attacker who may have been disguised in an olive-drab military-style uniform.

But as the day wore on and night fell, the rampage increasingly appeared to be the work of a lone gunman, and Navy Yard employees were gradually being released from the complex and children were let out of their locked-down schools.

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Investigators said they had not established a motive for the attack, which unfolded about 8:20 a.m. in the heart of the nation’s capital, less than four miles from the White House and two miles from the Capitol.

As for whether it may have been a terrorist attack, Mayor Vincent Gray said: “We don’t have any reason to think that at this stage.” But he said the possibility had not been ruled out.

It was the deadliest shooting rampage at a U.S.based military installation since Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and wounded more than 30 others in 2009 at Fort Hood in Texas. He was convicted last month and sentenced to death.

President Barack Obama lamented yet another mass shooting in the U.S. that he said took the lives of American patriots. He promised to make sure “whoever carried out this cowardly act is held responsible.”

The FBI took charge of the investigation and identified the gunman killed in the attack as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis of Texas. He died after a running gunbattle with police, investigators said.

Authorities were investigating how he got onto the base. Officials said he may have had a badge that allowed access.

At the time of the rampage, he was working in information technology with a company that was a Defence Department subcontractor.

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As warm late summer winds blow, farmers bringing in the harvest are sure to kick up a little dust as they make their way around the fields. This combine working on the outskirts of Red Deer’s east end sent up a plume of dust as it collected the grain harvest.

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COUNCIL: Heated debate Calling the Commuter Bike Pilot a disaster, Coun.

Chris Stephan voted against the motion. He said the city should admit its mistake, remove the lanes and move on.

Coun. Tara Veer said this council initiated and heard from the public on the public so she could not support deferring the decision making to a future council.

“I think this council needed to accept responsibility and deal with it and land with it where ever it landed,” said Veer. “I think ultimately it needed to be this council deal with manner. The public was informed it was a two-year pilot. Council now owes our public the courtesy of going over what worked and what didn’t work.”

Coun. Paul Harris said the pilot has completed in his mind and there may be further changes or improvements in the future.

“I would hate us at this point to throw away everything we have created and the changes we have made at this point and time,” said Harris. “To me that would be a waste of money that we put forward so far. It would be irresponsible to suggest the structure that we have now with the changes has no value.”

The lanes on 39th Street were given priority for the review as part of the resolution.

Several councillors said they have heard concerns from the community about the congestion and safety on this road.

Coun. Frank Wong unsuccessfully tried to strike the lanes from the network but council ultimately decided to make it a priority during the next review.

Williston said the city looked at the intersection and the number of people who were delayed or not getting through on the first traffic light was about two to three per cent.

“This is not a significant amount,” said Williston.

“It made it slightly worse but not to a degree where we would be concerned about.”

In other council news: ● The City of Red Deer will join the second phase of the Alberta Mid-Sized Cities Benchmarking Project. Last year several Alberta municipalities applied for a regional collaboration grant with the goal to establish a set of benchmarks that they could use to measure and compare services. Ten service areas of measure have been developed and another five will be developed. By participating the city will be able to provide its input and expertise in refining the measures for the first 10 areas and help in the development of the final five. The estimated contribution is $10,000 for each participating municipality.

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● Bremner Avenue may soon boast a new workout facility. City council approved the use of a fitness centre at 2840 Bremner Avenue, in the building occupied by the Big 105.5 radio station and the Wawanesa Insurance office. ● City council gave first reading to a Land Use Bylaw amendment that would allow the conversion of units in the Travelodge hotel (2807 50th Street) into one-bedroom multiple family residential units. This sets the stage for a public meeting on Sept. 30 for the proposal. ● Terms of reference for the city’s audit committee were adopted by council but not without some concerns. Council voted 6-3 to adopt the new terms with Councillors Buck Buchanan, Chris Stephan and Frank Wong opposed. The new terms give clarity on the purpose, membership, roles, and composition of the committee.

Debate turned heated around the question of adding a public member with financial expertise to the committee. The previous audit committee recommended considering appointing a public member to the committee.

Coun. Cindy Jefferies said the new terms improve the transparency and openness of the audit committee. She said the city’s financial statements are public documents. Jefferies said it was not an easy decision going against the recommendation from the previous committee but there was a lot of work and discussion made into the decision.

“It’s not about being secretive,” said Jefferies.

“It’s about council taking ownership of its role in governance with the audit committee.”

Jefferies said in reviewing public statements and looking after the financial health of the organization, it made sense to have a public member there.

“But when we look at best practices in audit committees, we recognize that council actually needs to take a step above where we currently are and go on beyond meeting the minimum requirement,” she said. “When we do that it doesn’t make much sense to have an external member.”

Stephan, a member of the audit committee that made the recommendation, said the city needs objective eyes on its finances.

Buchanan said the city’s financial documents are very complex and he is not convinced council would gain the expertise internally or externally to make decisions.

Among the terms, council will choose an external independent auditor as opposed to administration naming one. Council also opted into the provincial Whistleblower Protection Act. crhyno@reddeeradvocate.com

POWER: Cut off in error She said she found Stilling too scared to leave her bed.

LONDON, Ont. — Here’s a bit of sweet news for some chocolate lovers.

Four of the largest chocolate producers in Canada have agreed to pay more than $23 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging price-fixing and price maintenance in the Canadian market.

The defendants — Cadbury Adams Canada Inc., Hershey Canada Inc., Nestle Canada Inc. and Mars Canada Inc., as well as distributor ITWAL Limited — all deny the allegations.

However, they have settled to avoid the expense, inconvenience and distraction of further protracted litigation, says a statement released Monday.

The settlements, which reflect a compromise of disputed claims, have been approved by the courts in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec as being fair, reasonable and in the best interests of class members, says the release.

It says together the defendants have paid $23.2 million for the benefit of all persons who bought Cadbury, Hershey, Nestle and/or Mars chocolate products in Canada between Feb. 1, 2001 and Dec. 31, 2008.

The release says the courts in Ontario, British Columbia and Quebec have also approved a method for distributing the settlement amounts, less fees and expenses, to consumers and commercial purchasers with chocolate product purchases between Oct. 1, 2005, and September 30, 2007.

Without electricity, her aunt couldn’t use her electric breathing apparatus, and she was unable to call Lifeline for help. Dmitruk said the private emergency service was connected to Stilling’s phone. But her aunt’s telephone is not a regular land line. When her electricity was cut, her phone automatically switched to voice mail.

“I had no phone, I had no Lifeline. I was afraid of taking another fall . . . My health is too fragile,” added Stilling, who felt her only option was to stay in bed and wait for assistance to arrive.

The 61-year-old, who’s on a disability pension, had only moved back to Alberta from B.C. last month after suffering a series of serious health setbacks, including a fractured spine, shingles and a resulting infection.

Dmitruk, who maintains Stilling’s Enmax account was only in arrears because her aunt never received her first bill, is afraid to think what could have happened to Stilling had she not checked on her. “This is pretty upsetting for us. This could have cost us her life.”

Enmax spokesperson Doris Kaufmann-Woodcock confirmed that Stilling had been scheduled to have her power cut off after not paying her first month’s power bill, which included a $150 deposit.

However, she admitted an Enmax customer service representative had made an error by not cancelling the pending power cut-off after Dmitruk called on Friday to arrange repayment of the amount Stilling owed.

“Because it was our error . . . we credited (Stilling’s) account for $75,” added Kaufmann-Woodcock.

This was the first payment Dmitruk had arranged towards her aunt’s overdue account.

Dmitruk said the balance was supposed to be paid

by Sept. 30 and the power to Stilling’s apartment was not supposed to be turned off until Oct. 1. But this date was disputed by Kaufmann-Woodcock, who said Enmax’s records indicate the power cut off was to be Monday, two weeks after the payment deadline.

Regardless, Stilling questioned why the company did not call to notify her that her electricity would be cut. Stilling said her niece had informed the Enmax service representative on Friday that she depends on an electric ventilator and would be jeopardized if she lost power.

“They should have had the decency to call. It was only $150 (owing) not even $200.”

Kaufmann-Woodcock said any Enmax customer who requires electricity for health-related machinery should present a doctor’s note, and this information will be retained in the company’s account records.

These customers are never intentionally cut off from power — she said a minimum amount would be made available for vital equipment.

But in case of an accidental power outage, she added those who depend on electric equipment should always have a backup generator. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Proposed pension Donation box set up to help changes target long- shooting victim term sustainability

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta is proposing a raft of changes, including an end to early retirement incentives, to overcome a $7.4-billion unfunded liability in public-sector pensions.

Unions, however, say the proposed changes are too much, too soon with too many unanswered questions and will put the nest eggs of current and future pensioners at risk.

The plan was announced Monday by Finance Minister Doug Horner.

“There’s no crisis today, but it’s the long-term sustainability that we need to address in these (pension) plans,” Horner told reporters on the steps of the legislature.

Horner stressed that the new deal would not claw back benefits already promised to current pensioners.

“For those pensioners out there today, this does not affect them,” he said. “We’re making sure that promises that were made are promises that will be kept.”

Alberta’s public-sector pension, spread over four plans, has 200,000 active members and 120,000 retirees.

Some of these employees are represented by unions such as the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees, United Nurses of Alberta, Health Sciences Association of Alberta and the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Horner said the funding model that allowed the plans to thrive with surplus cash in years past no longer applies with people are living longer and taking early retirement.

Horner’s proposal notes that 20 years ago, every 12 public-sector employees supported six retirees.

But 20 years later, those same 12 workers now support eight retirees.

The proposed changes affect benefits, cost-of-living adjustments and how the plans are administered.

Benefits earned up to 2015 wouldn’t change, but would be reduced marginally starting in 2016. No improvements to benefits would be allowed until 2021 at the earliest.

After 2015, there would be no more subsidies on pension benefits earned for service for those who retire before age 65. The pension would be reduced to reflect the cost of paying it out longer.

“We want our employees to stay and work and to contribute for as long as they’d like, so early retirement is an incentive that we want to move away from,” said Horner.

There would be changes to inflation-proofing.

Those who get pensions before the end of 2015 would get cost of living adjustments covering 60 per cent of Alberta inflation. Those who take their pension after 2015 would get 50 per cent.

There would also be changes to the current de-

‘WE WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO STAY AND WORK AND TO CONTRIBUTE FOR AS LONG AS THEY’D LIKE, SO EARLY RETIREMENT IS AN INCENTIVE THAT WE WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM.’ — DOUG HORNER FINANCE MINISTER

fined benefit plans to make them “jointly sponsored (and) managed defined pension plans.”

The funding would be split 50-50 between employees and employers, and new rules would give both sides more room to manoeuvre to maximize payouts and keep the plans out of the red.

The province would set a ceiling on total plan costs to make sure taxpayers and contributors are not unduly burdened if financial targets are not met.

Gil McGowan of the Alberta Federation of Labour said the main concern is that the government can set the contribution rates, tying the hands of pension directors. He also noted that while the new inflation proposal is at 50 per cent, it would only kick in when the plan can afford it.

“As a result of the changes that were proposed today it’s clear that Albertans working in the public sector will have to work longer for their pension benefits and when they retire those benefits are likely to be reduced, and in some cases those reductions will be significant,” said McGowan.

Horner said the province is accepting advice until the end of the year. Legislation is to be introduced early next year to make the required changes to the Public Sector Pension Plans Act. “It better be meaningful consultations,” said Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees. “What the minister has done, unilaterally, severely affects the pension security of our members.”

The lion’s share of pension payouts come from the Local Authorities Pension Plan and the Public Service Pension Plan.

Under the Local Authorities plan, an average retiree takes home $14,958 a year. Under the Public Service plan, it’s $12,414.

Union leaders say their members have hiked their contributions and could get the plans back in the black in seven years without reducing benefits.

NDP Leader Brian Mason agreed.

“The minister is weakening public-sector pensions unnecessarily,” Mason said Monday. “What (the changes) do is force people to work longer.”

Liberal Leader Raj Sherman said he is not convinced the province will do right by those who would be collecting pensions under the new system after 2015. we just said, ’Get out of the building.”’

Police would not give any details on the gunman’s weaponry, but witnesses said the man they saw had a long gun — which can mean a rifle or a shotgun.

In the confusion, police said around midday that they were searching for two men who may have taken part in the attack — one carrying a handgun and wearing a tan Navy-style uniform and a beret, the other armed with a long gun and wearing an olive-green uniform. Washington Police Chief Cathy Lanier said it was unclear if the men were members of the military.

But later in the day, police said the man in the tan uniform had been identified and was not involved in the shooting.

As emergency vehicles and law enforcement officers flooded streets around the complex, a helicopter hovered, nearby schools were locked down and airplanes at nearby Reagan National Airport were grounded so they would not interfere with lawenforcement choppers.

Security was tightened at other federal buildings.

Senate officials shut down their side of the Capitol while authorities searched for the potential second attacker. The House remained open.

Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, was at the base at the time the shooting began

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SHOOTING: More than a dozen people injured

Alexis was a full-time Navy reservist from 2007 to early 2011, leaving as a petty officer third class, the Navy said. It did not say why he left. He had been an aviation electrician’s mate with a unit in Fort Worth, Texas.

Patricia Ward, a logistics-management specialist, said she was in the cafeteria getting breakfast.

“It was three gunshots straight in a row — pop, pop, pop. Three seconds later, it was pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, so it was like about a total of seven gunshots, and we just started running,” Ward said.

In addition to those killed, more than a dozen people were hurt, including a police officer and two female civilians who were shot and wounded. They were all expected to survive.

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A campaign is on to help the victim of a shooting at the West Park Fas Gas on Wednesday.

Jaysen Arancon Reyes, 26, was working at the Fas Gas location when, shortly after 11 p.m., a lone male entered the convenience store with a sawed-off shotgun and, after demanding money, allegedly shot Reyes, hitting the clerk in the hand and face.

Since the shooting, Reyes has been in Calgary hospital, where he has undergone several surgeries.

Cpl. Sarah Knelsen, media relations officer for the Red Deer City RCMP, said on Monday that Reyes is still in hospital, recovering from his injuries.

A donation box has been set up at the station to support Reyes in his recovery. Donations can be sent by mail to the location at 4305 55th Ave., Red Deer, AB, T4N 4N7.

Tom McMillan, director of corporate communications for Parkland Fuel Corp., which operates Fas Gas, said he was not aware of the local fundraising effort, but said the company is hoping to bring Reyes’ family to Canada.

The Calgary Sun has reported that Reyes is in Canada as a temporary foreign worker.

“We’re trying to track down family members, who reside in the Philippines, and bring them to Canada so they can be by the victim’s side,” said McMillan.

He said the company is also conducting an investigation in relation to the incident, and it is too early to say if additional security measures might be implemented.

Jeffrey Lyle Geary, 30, appeared in court on Monday, facing a number of charges related to the incident, including attempted murder.

The man accused of firing a shotgun into the face of a convenience store clerk during a robbery remains in custody.

Geary was brought into Red Deer provincial court to face five charges arising from the shooting and robbery.

Geary, of no fixed address, is charged with attempted murder, using a prohibited weapon to commit robbery, possession of a prohibited weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, possession of a loaded, prohibited weapon, and possession of a stolen, prohibited weapon.

He was returned to the Red Deer Remand Centre after asking that his plea and bail hearing be adjourned to Sept. 25.

Duty counsel Murray Shack said Geary wants to have his bail hearing next week, but is awaiting approval for Legal Aid, which covers legal costs for qualified applicants.

Crown prosecutor Jason Snider advised Judge Bert Skinner that the Crown will oppose his release. but was moved unharmed to a nearby military installation.

Anxious relatives and friends of those who work at the complex waited to hear from loved ones.

Tech Sgt. David Reyes, who works at Andrews Air Force Base, said he was waiting to pick up his wife, Dina, who was under lockdown in a building next to where the shooting happened. She sent him a text message.

“They are under lockdown because they just don’t know,” Reyes said. “They have to check every building in there, and they have to check every room and just, of course, a lot of rooms and a lot of buildings.”

According to public records, Alexis’ neighbour called Fort Worth police in September 2010 after she was nearly struck by a bullet that came from his downstairs apartment. Alexis told police he was cleaning his gun when it went off.

He was arrested on suspicion of discharging a firearm within city limits but was not prosecuted.

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A demographic calamity GETTING OLD REQUIRES PAYING MORE ATTENTION TO THE NEEDS OF THE YOUNG Two years after I was born, Elvis Presley recorded and released Heartbreak Hotel. If you were an early adopter of new technology, you could have listened to it on the world’s first commerciallybuilt solar-powered radio, also released that year.

John Lennon, then 15, first met a 13-year-old Paul McCartney GREG in the basement NEIMAN of a church following a performance of the Quarrymen. He was impressed that the young lefty could tune a guitar by himself.

Presley and the Beatles would go on to enthrall baby boomers and enrage their elders. Now we are the elders and we are becoming just as much a problem to younger society as we felt our elders were to us when they ordered us to turn that damned music off.

In my birth year, less than 200,000 Canadians had reached the age of 80.

In my lifetime, the group that has survived to reach and surpass its expected average life span, is moving toward 1.4 million in number.

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garding our rapidly-aging society are coming to pass and we are only beginning to recognize the fact.

Last week, the Washington Post reported that the retirement state of Florida was no longer the oldest state in the U.S. In fact, an entire region of the U.S. has surpassed it: the Northeastern (and formerly industrial heartland) of the country.

The combination of boomer demographics and the outsourcing of jobs has led to an exodus of young families from that region, leaving these states to become the early warning system of what happens to a North American economy when its population turns grey.

By the time a child born this year reaches school age, more than one in five Tennesseans will be over 65.

By the time that child graduates high school, almost a quarter of Maine will be in retirement.

Are state legislators and governors getting worried there? You bet they are.

Are they able to do anything significant to avoid an economic collapse from rising costs of social services and a declining cohort of working taxpayers? (Maine, population 1.3 million, already has a waiting list of over 1,500 for geriatric health and home care services.)

We’ll see. Crisis often assists consensus.

This represents a unique opportunity for us in Alberta. While looking for Canadian equivalents of the Wash-

ington Post piece, I found a stat from the most recent census that I found surprising.

In Alberta, 70 per cent of us are still of the “working age” group, 15 to 64 years of age. That’s the highest in Canada.

That means whatever is going to happen in New Hampshire and West Virginia will happen here last, if at all. We are going to be able to observe what policies worked there, and which ones didn’t, to ease an entire society into an older, less productive format.

When your house is burning, you don’t get to consider fire prevention strategies.

But the risks are rising in many places in North America, and it’s worth it for local authorities to plan now, to prevent the future from packing up and leaving.

Those plans need to include strategies that city Coun. Buck Buchanan touched on last week. He suggested we need to act now to build better recreational capacity and add more of the amenities that young families look for when they decide to settle down.

If the choice is between building a new rec centre with more covered fields and a 50-metre pool today, or having an unnaturally large portion of your people sick at home or on waiting lists for institutional care (and few family members nearby to provide care) in the future, it seems like a good idea to look at the long term.

After a certain point, encouraging seniors to stay in the workforce lon-

ger just isn’t going to cut it. The type of economy we have built depends on having a large cohort of working-age people — and children — in it.

Alberta is well situated to avoid the demographic calamity that is already building in other places. We’re a young region, with the type of job prospects that attract young families.

But for every time we’ve heard that “our people are our most valuable resource,” we too often act like we mean “ourselves” instead of “our people.”

As we get older, it gets more important that we cater to the young. Legislators in the U.S., Japan — even France and Britain — are getting a little more desperate every year, as social service costs grow but the tax base does not grow.

Alberta — make that all of Western Canada — has a chance to preserve resources (that is, the pool of people of working age). We in Red Deer and area have a competitive advantage in attracting that pool to our communities.

Doing so can make our future more secure, even if there are infrastructure costs up front.

Elvis and Lennon were not immortal. Nor are the boomers who worshipped them. Retiring boomers will dominate the economy for a few years yet. But if we wish to leave a legacy, shouldn’t it be a healthy, stable society?

Greg Neiman is a retired Advocate editor. Follow his blog at readersadvocate. blogspot.ca or email greg.neiman.blog@ gmail.com.

Growing economic pressure The three jewels in Stephen Harper’s long-sought economic crown — two pipelines and a European trade deal — have lingered, unfulfilled for a combined 17 years.

But the clock is ticking for the prime minister and his deadlines are both political and pragmatic. The Northern Gateway pipeline, which would transport bitumen from landlocked Alberta to the West Coast and then to Asian markets, was first proposed

by Enbridge in 2005.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of TransCanada’s Keystone XL application with TIM the U.S. State Department.

HARPER Canada-EU trade negotiations were launched in May 2009 and are now in their fifth year. Harper promised a deal by the end of 2012.

All three are stalled, but not dead.

Should Harper somehow triumph on all three fronts, he will be able to boast that Canada under his watch has become an energy superpower and a signatory to the largest trade deal this country has ever inked. Failure risks the country’s economic future, relations with the U.S. and the support of the country’s top business leaders. Harper’s political capital would be greatly diminished heading into a 2015 election.

Already, business leaders have expressed frustration over the lack of progress in the trade deal, which they say has been hung up on provincial hobby horses. The danger is that if a deal is not soon reached, the EU will pivot and put all its focus on a pending deal with the U.S., swamping Canadian interests.

Harper may have to take what he can get, likely by the end of the year, or watch the deal unravel.

A decision on the $7-billion Keystone pipeline, which would transport bitumen from Alberta to the U.S. Gulf Coast, is expected early next year, and if Harper wins approval from U.S. President Barack Obama, the question will be at what price?

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Apparently, Harper has offered to work jointly with Obama to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the oil-and-gas sector, something that has been characterized by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver as simple co-operation, but by Conservative opponents as an outsourcing of our environmental policy.

How far will Obama push? Harper is providing the “cover” Obama will need to approve the project, but the prime minister, usually a master negotiator, has put himself in a weak negotiating position.

The most immediate push for success in one of the three jewels has now shifted to the West Coast.

Cynics will see a blitz of First Nations in British Columbia as Ottawa grudgingly dispensing its constitutional obligation to “consult and accommodate’’ — or as the federal government interprets the duty as “consult and, where appropriate, accommodate” — with aboriginals before pushing ahead with the project regardless.

But maybe not. One federal source put it simply: “Nothing is dead until it is dead.’’

A federal Joint Review Panel is to render a final decision on Northern Gateway in December: a yes, a no, or a yes with conditions. A final decision still rests with the federal cabinet.

Oliver is trying to build trust with First Nations, something Enbridge fumbled, and he has met with natives who have maintained an open mind as well as those who have closed the door to a pipeline that

In actual historical fact, the New Democratic Party had its official founding at the Ottawa Convention Centre in 1961. Its predecessor party, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), was founded in Calgary in 1933.

The CCF and the Canadian Labour Council joined together to form the NDP.

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There appears to be a change in tone, according to one chief who recently met with Oliver.

Doug Kelly, chief of the Sto:lo Tribal Council says he noticed a change in tone from the government and a sincere understanding from Oliver of the government’s obligation to First Nations.

“I was pleasantly surprised,’’ Kelly said. “First Nations cannot duck, bob and weave with a government that wants to consult.’’

Still, Harper will have to draw an ace to win the Northern Gateway battle because he must also win agreement from the provincial Liberal government, a strong environmental movement, and voters who would punish his party if he tried to override West Coast public opinion. “You have a good, meaningful, ethical engagement,’’ Kelly says. “But sometimes the only answer to a project is ‘no.’ ” The government has misjudged the politics surrounding the Keystone decision south of the border, it misplayed its hand with British Columbians on Northern Gateway and it appears to have underestimated the difficulty of negotiating a trade deal with the Europeans.

Those early missteps have only made the Conservatives’ climb on any of these three files that much more slippery and steep. The clock is ticking.

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OTTAWA — The RCMP repeatedly stonewalled media inquiries for months about the price tag for destroying the federal long gun registry data, even though the federal police force had a full cost estimate in hand.

The Mounties had a detailed breakdown more than a year ago that showed fulfilling the long-time Conservative promise to kill the registry would cost about $1 million.

A PowerPoint presentation laying out the plan and its costs was provided to The Canadian Press under an Access to Information request following an 11-month delay.

In the meantime, RCMP officials refused to answer direct questions about whether any such costing had been done, saying only that any spending related to the registry’s destruction would come out of the force’s own budget.

NDP justice critic Francoise Boivin says the RCMP’s handling of the file calls into question whether its communications can be trusted on bigger issues — including the current Senate investigation of improper expense claims.

“They should have volunteered this (information) showing how much it cost. Instead, by stonewalling they make us think the worst,” Boivin said in an interview.

There seems to be “some type of unwritten law of silence” across the Harper government, but secrecy on routine matters by the Mounties is particularly damaging, Boivin said.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has predicted that the Parti Quebecois’ controversial values charter will fail because of opposition within Quebec.

The prime minister made his first remarks since the Quebec government released a plan last week that would bar people with religious headwear from working in the public service.

Harper was asked during a news conference Monday about the controversial proposal, following the release of a poll on the subject.

“I do not see the charter in its current form going anywhere,” Harper told the B.C. news conference.

“I think the common sense of Quebecers will force this towards a reasonable conclusion as the debate progresses.”

Despite the PQ’s repeated efforts to turn the debate into a Quebec-versus-Canada squabble, including numerous complaints from the PQ about media coverage in English Canada, Harper noted that the support is also less than stellar within Quebec.

Harper pointed out that none of the three other parties in the Quebec legislature supports the PQ plan in its current form.

He was speaking after the release of a poll Monday that suggested a perfect split in Quebec public opinion — although the response specifically from francophones was 49 per cent support for the PQ plan, 34 per cent opposed, and 17 per cent refusing to answer.

That finding suggests a notable shift from similar polls before the plan was formally introduced, when

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Harper has been in British Columbia for the past several days as Ottawa prepares for a federal review panel report on the Northern Gateway pipeline.

The panel will report to the federal minister by the end of the year.

a crushing majority had expressed support for a charter like the one the PQ proposed.

“What we’re seeing overall is a pretty significant drop in support — a 14-point drop in overall support for the project,” said Sebastien Dallaire, vice-president public affairs for Leger.

“The (public) reactions were highly emotional and often negative, if not very negative,” said Dallaire. “So it’s not surprising to have seen Quebecers recoil.”

The Leger poll of 2,000 does point to one area of the province where the charter is especially popular: the northern and southern belt around Montreal.

Nearly one-quarter of the province’s 125 seats are in that so-called 450 belt. The PQ is nine seats shy of a majority government and, in that region alone, the party was narrowly defeated in over a half-dozen ridings by the Liberals and CAQ last year.

“It’s mainly around Montreal that there is an opportunity for the PQ to make some electoral gains but it depends how this issue evolves over the next few weeks,” Dallaire said.

“There is so much emotion involved that we can expect that this is not the end of it. The numbers will probably shift again.”

Harper offered another reason why the plan might backfire on the PQ: because Quebec voters care more about other issues, like the economy and jobcreation, than identity politics. That point has been reflected in different surveys that place the issue low on the priority list.

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Scientists rally on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday as Canadian scientists and their supporters hold demonstrations across the country, calling on the federal government to stop cutting scientific research and muzzling its scientists.

‘Sound policy needs sound science’ SCIENTISTS IN WHITE LAB COATS PROTEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUZZLING, FUNDING CUTS

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Hundreds of frustrated scientists clad in their telltale white lab coats descended Monday on Parliament Hill to demand that the Harper government stop muzzling scientists and cutting research funding.

“What do we want? Evidence-based decision-making!” chanted the protesters as they gathered in the shadow of the Peace Tower, complaining about what they see as the government’s efforts to commercialize research.

The very fact that such a typically apolitical group felt the need to make their voices heard speaks volumes, said Jeremy Kerr, a biology professor at the University of Ottawa.

“As a commentary on the state of affairs, when people like me start showing up wearing their lab coats having come from their laboratories, things are pretty bleak,” Kerr told the crowd.

The fundamental message is “simplicity itself,” Kerr said: “Sound policy needs sound science.”

“The facts do not change just because the Harper government has chosen ignorance over evidence and ideol-

ogy over honesty.”

The Ottawa rally was part of a national series of “Stand Up for Science” protests taking place across the country, organized by Ottawa-based science advocacy group Evidence for Democracy.

The group argues that evidencebased decision-making must inform governmental funding decisions on science. They say current funding has instead shifted towards commercialization of research.

“They want us to put aside what we’re doing and shift our efforts towards industry and to force us to do that they shift their money towards earmarked projects,” said Bela Joos, a University of Ottawa physics professor.

One protester attached a telescope to a bike helmet and carried a sign that read, “Desperately seeking intelligent life on Parliament Hill!”

Greg Rickford, minister of state for science and technology, defended the government in an emailed statement that did not directly acknowledge the protest nor the specific concerns raised by the scientists.

“Our government is committed to science, technology and innovation

and taking ideas to the marketplace,” Rickford said. “Canada is ranked number one in the G7 for our higher education research and development.”

Scientists also argue that government cuts have reduced public science projects aimed at helping average Canadians in sectors like health and the environment.

WINNIPEG — A group of northern Manitoba First Nations have invited airship experts from around the world to a conference in the province next month.

They hope to launch an industry that could see blimps replace costly and unreliable ice roads as a way of delivering supplies to remote communities.

Grand Chief David Harper says the bands that are involved are keen to look into developing the technology.

He says it would be vital to have Ottawa and private partners on board.

But he says there is an urgency to the situation, saying they want it done not in the next few decades but in the next few years.

Airships are already being used by the U.S. military and by the mining and aerospace industries.

“It costs about $5,000 per kilometre to build an ice road,” says Barry Prentice of the Transport Institute at the University of Manitoba. “We have 2,200 kilometres of ice roads” and they have to built anew every year.

The advantage of airships is their strength and ability to fly in all kinds of weather.

“I can lift a lot of loads that other aircraft wouldn’t think of,” says Dale George, technical lead for Being Aircraft. “With a big airship, I could put a whole house underneath it.

“We think we can reduce the costs of the transport of the food by between 20 and 50 per cent, using 50 tonnes of airship.”

A House of Commons committee has already recommended rethinking the applications for airships and has suggested a pilot project be launched via Public Works and Government Services.

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Radio and TV spots appeared in late March to coincide with the release of the 2013 federal budget, but an internal poll of 2,009 adults indicates the action plan brand remains tarnished.

The Harris-Decima survey found 38 per cent were happy with the Conservative government’s performance, the lowest level among the 10 such polls conducted since April 2009.

The number of people who did something as a result of seeing the ads registered at seven per cent, little changed from the six per cent for the winter ad campaign.

The levels are sharply down from a peak of 25 per cent in 2009, when a popular home-renovation tax credit caught the attention of homeowners across the country.

The Finance Department’s key yardstick for measuring success is to count how many viewers and listeners visited www.ActionPlan.gc.ca, the web portal that’s promoted at the end of the 30-second ads. Harris-Decima found six people who did so, double the number from its winter polling.

No one called the toll-free number also listed in the latest ads, which ran from March 21 to April 4.

At the same time, the pollster found another 22 people who “felt/expressed displeasure/complained to others,” up from nine in the earlier winter survey completed in April.

The Canadian Press obtained a copy of the June 19 survey report under the Access to Information Act. Finance Canada paid $29,373 for the telephone poll, conducted April 29-May 11, with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.

The Harper government has spent well in excess of $100 million on Economic Action Plan promotion over the last four years.

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Superstore facing Alberta-wide strike UNION PREPARING TO WALK OUT ON OCT. 6

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401 has drawn a line in the sand with respect to its negotiations on behalf of approximately 8,500 Real Canadian Superstore and Real Canadian Liquorstore workers in Alberta — Oct. 6.

That’s the date employees of the Loblaw Companies Ltd. stores will walk off the job if a satisfactory contract offer has

not been received, said Christine McMeckan, a communication representative with the UFCW Local 401.

“We’ll be bargaining under the shadow of that, so we’re very hopeful that the employer will come to the table with something meaningful this week,” she said.

“At this stage, we’re looking at an Alberta-wide strike for Oct. 6 if we don’t have an offer that (employees) can accept.”

Superstore employees in Red Deer and other cities in

Alberta voted late last month in favour of strike action. Such measures, or a company lockout of workers, could now occur on 72 hours notice.

There are about 300 Superstore workers in Red Deer.

The union has said its members’ concerns include a reduction in their hours in recent years. McMeckan said previously that Loblaw is also pushing for financial rollbacks and a two-tier wage system.

Julija Hunter, vice-president of public relations with

Loblaw, said in an email that her company is still committed to reaching a deal through negotiations. She added that because this process requires confidentiality, she couldn’t comment further.

The UFCW has made arrangements for its members to vote on an offer Sept. 29 and 30, said McMeckan. If one is not received by then, or it’s not acceptable to a majority of voting employees, then a walk out will likely occur.

She noted that Loblaw

stores in Manitoba and Saskatchewan could be involved, since employees there have also voted in favour of strike action.

In response to a question about whether Superstore’s operations would continue in the event of a strike or lockout, Hunter said, “Loblaw Companies does have contingency plans for situations that may impact our valued customers.” hrichards@reddeeradvocate. com

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LABOUR SHORTAGE SEEN AS KEY ISSUE

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR

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Browns Socialhouse chef and operating partner Markus Covaneiro, left, and Chris Lawrie, general manager and operational partner, sit in their new restaurant in Clearview Market Square on Monday. Scheduled to open next Tuesday, the hybrid restaurant and pub is the latest addition to a trendy chain that started in North Vancouver a decade ago and is now moving into Alberta.

Red Deer’s Browns Socialhouse will be the first in the province, with others planned for Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge, Okotoks and Grande Prairie.

The torch was passed from one president to the next at the annual general meeting of the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce on Monday.

But it appears the issue of scarce labour will continue to burn brightly as a Chamber policy priority.

Gayle Langford, who led the Chamber over the past year, and Tyler Bowman, who will head the business organization during the next, both empha- Tyler Bowman sized at the luncheon meeting the adverse impact Alberta’s tight labour market is having on businesses.

“Labour shortages continue to restrict opportunities for business,” said Langford.

“Our chamber has advocated really hard with (Canada’s Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism) Minister (Jason) Kenney because of some of the changes that were recently made to the temporary foreign workers program,” she added.

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Ag Innovations winners announced The 2013 edition of the AgriTrade Equipment Expo is still nearly two months away, but some early results are in.

Organizers announced on Monday the winners of its Ag Innovations program.

They are a John Deere loader that can be programmed to return to set positions and angles; Devloo Roto Mud Scrapers that are used for seeding operations; Gatco Manufacturing’s Cross Flow aeration for grain bins; Westfield Industries’ STORM seed treater; FarmLead’s Marketplace applications that assists farmers with marketing; and Farmers Edge’s Geospatial Yield Mapping system. Winning in a new Ag App category was Farm At Hand, which allows farmers to keep track of operations on their smart phone.

2013 AGRITRADE “For the first time since Ag Innovations became part of AgriTrade six years ago, we decided to announce the winners before the show starts,” said Agri-Trade show manager Dianne Smirl in a release.

“We wanted to help attendees in planning their show visit while giving the exhibitors with these great ideas a little extra exposure.”

There were more than 20 entries in this year’s Ag Innovations competition, which is held to showcase new farm equipment and technological advances.

“The Ag Innovations award allows Agri-Trade visitors to see where manufacturers are at, and what’s coming for new ideas,” said

Rod Bradshaw, the Ag Innovations committee chair. “The more we can highlight innovations in agriculture, the better off producers will be.”

Agri-Trade, which is operated by the Red Deer Chamber of Commerce and Westerner Exposition Association, will run from Nov. 6 to 9 at Westerner Park.

This will be the show’s 30th year, with founder Pat Kennedy passing the management reins to Smirl this year.

Speaking at the Red Deer Chamber’s annual general meeting on Monday, Kennedy reflected on the first Agri-Trade in 1984. He remembered a weather expert assuring him that it never snowed in Central Alberta before Halloween.

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Harvest news appears good Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development is reporting good news on the harvest front, as continued warm weather helps farmers get the 2013 crop into the bin.

Sunny conditions have helped accelerate the maturing of fields in Central Alberta, said a report issued by the provincial department last Friday, although showers Sept. 6 and 7 did slow swathing and combining activity in some areas.

As of last week, nearly 20 per cent of crops in this region had been harvested, including 16 per cent of canola. That pace is behind the seasonal norm.

Yields for major crops in Central Alberta were estimated to be above average.

Overall across the province, Alberta Agriculture officials place yields at above 10-year averages, with good quality. They also noted that most hay has been harvested, with yields average and quality rated at 65 per cent good to excellent.

Closure of Runner’s Den will leave void: owner

BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR The pending closure of The Runner’s Den will likely leave a void in the local sporting goods market, says the Red Deer shop’s longtime owner.

Dwayne Loyek is currently liquidating stock in the store that he’s operated for the past decade. He expects this process to wrap up by early October.

Although running gear and clothing are available elsewhere in Red Deer, Loyek pointed out that he carried specialized triathlon equipment and other products that might be tough to find.

Earlier this month, for example, The Runner’s Den rented out nearly 10 wetsuits to athletes competing in a triathlon at Banff.

“There’s going to be nowhere for people to rent wetsuits in Red Deer,” he said, noting that customers came to him from as far away as Edmonton and Calgary.

“Absolutely there’s going to be a void there,” he said, listing other triathlon gear, drysuits and bike acces-

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The Runner’s Den was able to offer knowledgeable advice to customers, said Loyek, and was a regular sponsor of running events. It also served as a meeting place for members of Red Deer’s running community.

“We had drop-in runs Wednesday night for the whole time,” he said, adding that many runners would simply stop in at the store to hang out with like-minded people.

Perhaps the biggest impact of The Runner’s Den’s closure will be the possible end of the 10-km, half-marathon and marathon clinics that it organized every year.

“I’ll miss doing that, but there are a lot of people who are going to miss participating in it,” said Loyek, expressing hope that someone else might take over this responsibility.

Loyek said an increasingly competitive market was a key factor in his decision to close. Not only are more people now turning to the Internet when buying products like running shoes, he found it tough to go head-to-head with

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Monday’s stock prices supplied by RBC Dominion Securities of Red Deer. For information call 341-8883.

Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 58.79 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 59.08 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74.78 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 23.72

MARKETS CLOSE TORONTO — North American markets were mostly higher as investors bet that stimulus funding from the Fed will continue to flow for a little while longer following news that economist Larry Summers is out of the race for the top job at the U.S. central bank.

The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 93.48 points to 12,816.88.

The Canadian dollar lifted 0.20 of a cent to 96.93 cents US. Larry Summers has long been perceived as an opponent to the Fed’s aggressive $85 billion a month bond-buying program, which has helped push down interest rates to spur lending and jump-start economic growth. The program, dubbed quantitative easing, has also weakened the U.S. dollar and boosted stock markets.

The Dow Jones industrials surged 118.72 points to 15,494.78 and the broader market measure, the S&P 500, added 9.61 points to 1,697.60.

Meanwhile, after being positive for most of the day, the Nasdaq fell 4.34 points to 3,717.85, pulled down by losses from tech giant Apple Inc., which unveiled two new iPhone models last week. Apple (Nasdaq:AAPL) fell more than three per cent, or $14.78, to close at US$450.12.

After weeks of uncertainty over Syria, United Nations inspectors confirmed Monday that chemical weapons were used on a relatively large scale in an attack last month in Syria that killed hundreds of people.

The findings represent the first official confirmation by scientific experts that chemical weapons have been used in Syria’s civil war, but the report left the key question of who launched the attack unanswered.

The rebels and their U.S. and western supporters have said the government of President Bashar Assad was behind the Aug. 21 attack, while Damascus and its closest ally, Russia, blame the rebels.

Commodities were mixed as the October crude contract dipped $1.62 to US$106.59 a barrel. December gold bullion saw an uptick of $9.20 to US$1,317.80 an ounce. December copper was up two cents at US$3.22 a pound.

Nearly all sectors on the Toronto Stock Exchange closed up with sizable gains, as the info tech sector led the charge with an uptick of 2.56 per cent. Shares in Wi-Lan Inc.

(TSX:WIN) were up nearly seven per cent, or 23 cents, to $3.62 after the company and Alcatel Lucent USA Inc. agreed to settle their dispute over several patents and withdraw litigation before U.S. district courts in Florida and Texas.

On the corporate front, Aimia Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with TD Bank Group and the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce for its popular Aeroplan loyalty credit card programs. Under the deal, each bank would have the rights to half the portfolio of accounts.

Shares in Aimia (TSX:AIM) gained more than seven per cent, or $1.22, to $17.85. TD (TSX:TD) shares were up 0.97 per cent, or 87 cents, at $90.79, while shares in CIBC (TSX:CM) jumped 0.75 per cent, or 61 cents, to $81.74.

Meanwhile, Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) flew the first test flight of its CSeries commercial aircraft Monday. The flight sets off a year of testing, leading to delivery of the first aircraft, which seats 110 to 125 passengers and is slated to enter into service in about a year. The heavily anticipated first flight had been delayed three times over nearly nine months. Its share fell 0.6 per cent, or three cents, to $4.96.

Air Canada shares also rose more than four per cent, or 15 cents, to $3.43 after Canada’s largest airline announced that the company’s stock was being added to the S&P/TSX Composite Index after the close of trading Sept. 20.

In economic news, Statistics Canada said foreign investors resumed purchases of Canadian securities in July, adding $6.1 billion to their holdings. That followed a $15.4-billion divestment in June. Meanwhile, Canadian investment in foreign securities slowed to $900 million and focused on bonds.

South of the border, U.S. factories boosted output 0.7 per cent in August, the best since December, mainly led by auto production.

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MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close of Monday: Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,816.88 up 93.48 points TSX Venture Exchange — 939.54 down 1.96 points TSX 60 — 736.02 up 5.07 points Dow — 15,494.78 up 118.72

High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.69 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.12 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 44.48 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.01 Penn West Energy . . . . . 12.07 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.400 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.92 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.25 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 11.44 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 14.91 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.38 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 56.75 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 67.12 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.80 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.74 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 30.97 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.20 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.69 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 49.33 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 61.05 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.84 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 84.60 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.25 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . 65.9 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 33.54 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90.79 points S&P 500 — 1,697.60 up 9.61 points Nasdaq — 3,717.85 down 4.34 points Currencies at close: Cdn — 96.85 cents US, up 0.20 of a cent Pound — C$1.6414, down 0.13 of a cent Euro — C$1.3768, up 0.04 of a cent Euro — US$1.3335, up 0.33 of a cent Oil futures: US$106.59 per barrel, down $1.62 (October contract) Gold futures: US$1,317.80 per oz., up $9.20 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $23.591 per oz., up 16.9 cents $758.45 per kg., up $5.43 TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Monday at 939.54, down 1.96 points. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 137.39 million shares.

ICE FUTURES CANADA WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $9.60 lower $489.80; Jan. ’14 $9.20 lower $498.20; March ’14 $8.60 lower $505.60; May ’14 $8.40 lower $511.60; July ’14 $8.10 lower $516.50; Nov. ’14 $8.00 lower $503.00; Jan ’15 $8.00 lower $503.10; March ’15 $8.00 lower $503.10; May ’15 $8.00 lower $503.10; July ’15 $8.00 lower $503.10; Nov. ’15 $8.00 lower $503.10.

Barley (Western): Oct. ’13 $6.10 lower $158.50; Dec ’13 $8.10 lower $161.50; March ’14 $6.10 lower $163.50; May ’14 $5.10 lower $164.50; July ’14 $5.10 lower $164.50; Oct. ’14 $5.10 lower $164.50; Dec. ’14 $5.10 lower $164.50; March ’15 $5.10 lower $164.50; May ’15 $5.10 lower $164.50; July ’15 $5.10 lower $164.50; Oct. ’15 $5.10 lower $164.50.

Monday’s estimated volume of trade: 504,080 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 504,080.

Real Estate Association raises outlook for sales THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Canadian Real Estate Association has raised its outlook for homes sales this year as it reported an 11.1 per cent jump in August sales compared with a year ago.

The industry organization said Monday that it now expects sales of 449,900 homes this year compared with a June forecast of 443,400.

CREA reported 454,573 sales in 2012.

The association said sales across the country have improved more quickly than expected, likely due “the transient influence” of buyers with pre-approved financing buying before their lower pre-approved rates expire.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said the gain for August also benefited from a weak month a year ago.

“Still, suffice it to say that next to no one predicted a big mid-year bounce in home sales at the start of 2013, when calls for Canadian housing market calamity were all the rage,” Porter wrote in a report.

“Contrary to the Greek chorus of woe, sales are now above their 10-year average in seasonally adjusted terms. And, the year-ago comparisons will remain quite easy for the next eight months, so settle in for a spell of potentially solid year-over-year figures

even if sales do simmer down notably in coming months.”

CREA said B.C. accounted for nearly half of the increase to the 2013 forecast, while the sales outlook for across the Prairies was also raised.

The national average home price is forecast to increase 3.6 per cent to $376,300 this year, driven by gains on the Prairies and in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Price gains in B.C. and Ontario are expected to come in just below the national average while Quebec and New Brunswick are forecast to gain less than one per cent.

Prices in Nova Scotia are expected to slip less than one per cent.

“The environment for home prices in Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia will likely be shaped by ample inventory levels relative to sales,” CREA chief economist Gregory Klump said in a statement.

“The balance between the two indicates that buyers have an abundance of listings from which to choose in those provinces, which could keep pricing prospects in check until sales draw down inventories.”

Sales in 2014 are expected to total 465,600.

For August, home sales totalled 40,350, up from 36,316 a year ago, when the federal government tightened mortgage lending rules and sent a chill through the housing market.

Since then, Canadian home sales have bounced back.

“Recent increases to fixed mortgage rates caused sales to be pulled forward as buyers with pre-approved financing at lower rates jumped into the market sooner than they might have otherwise,” Klump said.

TD Bank economist Diana Petramala said the housing market has proven more resilient in 2013 than anticipated, but noted the recent strength needs to be kept in perspective with sales still well below their historical peaks.

“Four rounds of insured mortgage rule tightening have worked to temper home sales, which are still 11 per cent below the peak reached in late 2009,” Petramala said.

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Bombardier’s C-Series100 touches down after its maiden test flight at the company’s facility Monday, in Mirabel, Que. The company faces determined competition from industry giants Airbus and Boeing that are putting new engines on their popular planes to preserve their market share. Embraer is also updating its E2 family of jets.

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CHAMBER: Policy work focus The Red Deer Chamber has spoken directly with Kenney, and also sponsored a successful resolution at the Alberta Chambers of Commerce conference and policy session this year that called for the federal government to make it easier for employers to use the program.

Bowman said his focus during the next year will be on the Chamber’s policy work, including in the labour front.

“The temporary foreign workers program will be a huge one for sure.”

Langford said a highlight during her year as president was the inaugural flight of Air Canada’s scheduled passenger service out of the Red Deer Airport on Sept. 3.

Bringing the international carrier to Central Alberta took a great deal of effort, she said, but will bring great benefits to residents and businesses here.

Langford also described how the Chamber has been working to become a strong voice for agriculture.

“I believe that we’re the only chamber in Alberta — and from what I observed at the Canadian Chamber, the only chamber — that speaks for agriculture and is an advocate.”

This is important, said Langford, because food production appears destined to become increasingly important in the world.

“There’s an opportunity for us as a chamber to drive a unique membership in agriculture. But with that comes pressure — pressure from oil and gas, and development. We have 75,000 new people moving into this province every year, and a lot of them are coming into this corridor.”

Bowman confirmed that his focus on policy during the next year will include agricultural policies.

The 30-year-old, who operates Bowman Real Estate Investments, has served on the Chamber board since 2010.

He studied business at Red Deer College and has a background in marketing.

Bowman said he wants to raise members’ awareness of the policy work the Chamber performs. That function is important, he explained, because it helps improve the environment in which businesses operate.

He also praised the chamber movement for the role it plays in bringing businesses together. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

DEN: Pressure to carry lots of stock “It’s two weeks for most suppliers to get it through the doors. It kind of puts the pressure on you to carry a lot of stock, which isn’t the perfect thing in retail to have.”

Another consideration in Loyek’s decision to close was the fact that one of his key staff members had announced he was moving on.

The Runner’s Den was started in 1997 by B.J. Billings, a retired Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School teacher who had coached the school’s cross-country team.

Loyek bought the business in 2003. hrichards@reddeeradvocate.com

SHOW: Future exciting “So we launched our show the third week of October; the first day of movein, you couldn’t move for snow.”

Kennedy said he has mixed feelings about stepping away from Agri-Trade after three decades.

He’s excited about the future direction of the show but sad he won’t be directly involved.

“I’m sort of like the young groom who had mixed emotions because he saw his mother-in-law driving over the cliff in his new Cadillac,” joked Kennedy.

“I’m leaving the project, but my heart never will.”

Pembina Pipeline moves ahead

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY — Pembina Pipeline Corp. (TSX:PPL) says it’s going ahead with a $115-million expansion to its Peace Pipeline System northwest of Edmonton, which will initially deliver an additional 40,000 barrels per day to its Fox Creek Terminal.

The project, called the Simonette Pipeline Expansion, will involve installing about 60 kilometres of new 16-inch pipeline, serving producers in the Montney and Duvernay shale formations.

From Fox Creek, the resource will be able to access the Edmonton market on other planned Pembina pipelines.

Once complete, Pembina will have three pipelines along the corridor that

can segregate and ship various grades of crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids.

Provided it receives the regulatory go-ahead, Pembina said it expects to begin construction this winter and start up the new pipeline during the third quarter of 2014.

Pembina also plans to install eight truck unloading risers at the Fox Creek Terminal in conjunction with the Simonette project.

Those are expected to be up and running in the fourth quarter of this year.

“The additional capacity provided by these expansions will help ensure our customers have timely access to markets as they continue to pursue their drilling and production plans,” said company chief operating officer Mick Dilger.

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UN says sarin was used in Syria ‘CONVINCING EVIDENCE’ CHEMICAL WEAPONS USED BUT DECLINED TO BLAME EITHER SIDE OF CIVIL WAR Careful not to blame either side for a deadly chemical weapon attack, UN inspectors reported Monday that rockets loaded with the nerve agent sarin had been fired from an area where Syria’s military has bases, but said the evidence could have been manipulated in the rebel-controlled stricken neighbourhoods.

The U.S., Britain and France jumped on evidence in the report — especially the type of rockets, the composition of the sarin agent, and trajectory of the missiles — to declare that President Bashar Assad’s government was responsible.

Russia, Syria’s closest ally, called the investigators’ findings “deeply disturbing,” but said it was too early to draw conclusions. The Syrian government’s claims that opposition forces were responsible for the attack “cannot be simply shrugged off,” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin insisted.

The conclusions represented the first official confirmation by impartial scientific experts that chemical weapons were used in Syria’s civil war, but the inspectors’ limited mandate barred them from identifying who was responsible for the Aug. 21 attack.

“This is a war crime,” UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon told the Security Council when he presented the report.

“The results are overwhelm-

ing and indisputable. The facts speak for themselves.”

Ban called it “the most significant confirmed use of chemical weapons against civilians since Saddam Hussein used them” in Halabja, Iran, in 1988, and “the worst use of weapons of mass destruction in the 21st century.”

The deep division between Western backers of rebels seeking to overthrow Assad and Russian and Chinese supporters of the regime has paralyzed the UN Security Council since the Syrian conflict began 2 ½ years ago.

Even though the United States and Russia agreed Saturday on the framework to put Syria’s chemical weapons stockpile and precursors under international control for future destruction, their top diplomats were at odds Monday over a new Security Council resolution that would make the deal legally binding — and whether there should be a reference to possible military enforcement if Syria doesn’t comply.

After months of negotiations, the UN inspectors went to Syria to visit the sites of three alleged chemical attacks earlier this year and were in the capital of Damascus on Aug. 21 when reports and videos began surfacing of a shelling attack in which victims experienced shortness of breath, disorientation, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, weakness and a loss of consciousness.

They finally gained access to three towns where the Aug.

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In this Aug. 29, 2013 file citizen journalism image provided by the Local Committee of Arbeen which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, members of the UN investigation team take samples from the ground in the Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria.

21 attack occurred, and on one occasion their convoy was hit by sniper fire, but the inspectors were nonetheless able to collect a large amount of material and talk to survivors and witnesses.

“The environmental, chemical and medical samples we have collected provide clear and convincing evidence that

surface-to-surface rockets containing the nerve agent sarin were used . . . in the Ghouta area of Damascus,” their report said.

“The conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, also against civilians, including

Obama laments ‘yet another mass shooting’ IMPLEMENTING EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON GUN CONTROL AND REITERATING HIS COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING LAWS

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday wearily lamented “yet another mass shooting,” this time in the U.S. capital where the debate that raged earlier this year over tightening firearms laws has stalled amid opposition from gun-rights advocates.

Obama has been powerless to get legislation passed despite a string of mass shootings during his presidency.

In the wake of Monday’s shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, which left people 13 dead, Obama spokesman Jay Carney said the president is implementing executive actions and reiterated his commitment to strengthening gun laws, including expanding background checks to sales online and at gun shows.

“The president supports, as do an overwhelming majority of Americans, common-sense measures to reduce gun violence,” Carney said.

Even as it was unfolding, the Washington shooting was reigniting talk about guns. But it was far from certain whether the shooting would actually influence the larger debate over gun control vs. gun rights, given that the already difficult politics of the issue have

though Third Way has supported such a ban.

“We do as good public policy, but we don’t support Congress trying to do it at this point because it’s bad politics,” Bennett said.

“Voters don’t like it.”

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an advocate for stricter gun laws with his group Mayor’s Against Illegal Guns, contributed around $350,000 to support the Colorado Democrats — Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron. The NRA spent roughly the same amount opposing them.

Mark Glaze, executive director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, said the group will continue to “give legislators who take risks to protect public safety the resources to defend themselves.” He said it may take some time, but predicted eventually they will have support in the Senate for tighter laws.

“It’s a question of how long some senators think they can politically sustain doing nothing while 33 more Americans die every day and the mass shootings continue,” Glaze said.

Obama didn’t mention gun control as he addressed the Navy Yard shooting from the White House, promising to pursue “whoever carried out this cowardly act.”

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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Politicians, lawyers and academics gathered Monday in St. Vincent & the Grenadines to advance an effort by more than a dozen regional nations to seek slavery reparations from three European countries that benefited from the Atlantic slave trade.

The three-day conference is the first major step forward since the Caribbean Community announced in July that it intended to demand compensation for slavery and the genocide of native peoples from the governments of Britain, France and the Netherlands.

Representatives from all the member nations and territories of Caricom, as the group is known, are attending the gathering.

St. Vincent Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves, who is leading the effort trying to force the region’s former colonial powers to pay reparations, said the matter is a “fundamental, defining matter of our age.”

“The European nations which engaged in conquest, settlement, genocide and slavery in our Caribbean must provide the reparatory resources required to repair the contemporary legacy of their historic wrongs,” said Gonsalves, who takes over the rotating leadership of Caricom at the start of 2014.

Gonsalves and other Caribbean officials say coming up with a financial estimate for reparations is critical for coming to terms for what they believe is the lingering legacy of slavery in the region. Historians and economists will assist in the process.

There has been no monetary figure mentioned yet, but the St. Vincent prime minister said reparations must “bear a close relationship to what was illegally or wrongly extracted and exploited . . . from the Caribbean by the European colonialists, including the compensation paid to the slave owners at the time of the abolition of slavery.”

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gotten only tougher since December’s shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School.

That shooting, which killed 20 first-graders and six staffers, spurred Obama to propose stricter firearms laws.

Gun owners, aided by their advocates at the National Rifle Association, have successfully fought Obama’s legislation, even though polls show broad support for tougher gun laws.

Obama and gun control advocates have vowed to continue fighting since the Senate rejected expanded background checks in April, but they can’t point to a single new Senate supporter. Their case wasn’t helped by last week’s NRA-backed recall of two Colorado Democratic senators who supported expanded background checks and limits on ammunition magazines.

The shooting at the Navy Yard came a week after voters recalled two Colorado legislators who supported tougher gun measures, illustrating the strong political headwinds faced by lawmakers seeking to respond to the violence.

Matt Bennett, senior vice-president at Democratic-leaning Third Way, says the Colorado senators’ mistake was banning high-capacity ammunition magazines — even

children, on a relatively large scale,” they said. “This result leaves us with the deepest concern.”

The rebels and their Western and Arab supporters have blamed Assad’s regime for the attack in the rebel-controlled area of Ghouta. The Syrian government insists the attack was carried out by rebels.

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Cleanliness a concern at family barbecue Dear Annie: Last year, my husband and I attended city and report the conditions (most municipalities my cousin’s annual summer barbecue. After we ar- like to know if there is an increased rat population). rived, I looked for a place to tie up our dog in the But that may not solve your problem, which is whethbackyard and noticed a few dead rats. er or not to attend another barbecue there.

They appeared to have been there for We say give them one last chance — but some time. I made mention of this to my don’t bring your dog. cousin’s husband, but he made no attempt Dear Annie: My 55-year-old niece hasn’t to remove them even though they were onheld a job in more than five years. ly a few steps away from the barbecue pit.

She is bipolar and on medication and I tied my dog several feet away from is also dependent on painkillers. Her the dead rats. Later, when we returned mother kept her husband’s ashes in a home, our dog started scratching. This box for years, and after her mother died continued for several days until we no13 years ago, my niece told me she “just ticed his fur was falling out. I believe he couldn’t let him go.” contracted mange from the dead rats.

This man is not her biological father.

We’ve been invited to their “last nice But he was a Korean War veteran and weather barbecue,” but I am reluctant to deserves to be interred with full military go. My husband says we should go regardhonours at the Great Lakes National CemMITCHELL less, but I feel that if they don’t care to get etery along with his wife’s remains. & SUGAR rid of the dead rats in their backyard, they It was his wife’s wish to be buried with shouldn’t expect to entertain guests there. her husband. Even the husband’s survivAnd also, the guest bathroom is never ing brother and sister have expressed clean when we visit. What do you think? shock and disbelief that his cremains are — Disgusted in the Midwest still in a closet. They want him to be given a proper Dear Disgusted: We think your cousin and her burial. The military cemetery will provide a niche, husband are not particularly meticulous about their a plaque and a service, all of which would cost my cleaning and don’t care if you notice. And while your niece nothing. Yet, she won’t do it. dog may have contracted mange from something in Is this the behaviour of a normal human being? Or their yard, there’s no way to be certain now. is she being selfish and controlling? — Speaking for You can contact the health department in your Another Lost Veteran

Dear Speaking: Well, if she is bipolar and on painkillers, she may not be entirely rational about this.

We assume your niece inherited whatever belonged to her mother, including her stepfather’s ashes. And although he was not her biological father, she still may have been very attached to him.

Instead of being angry and demanding, consider being kind and understanding. Sympathize with her desire to keep the ashes. Explain how she would be honoring her stepfather by giving him a military burial, and that her mother would wish to be with her husband.

You may not think she deserves such consideration, but you are more likely to get the result you want if she doesn’t feel obligated to defend herself.

Dear Annie: I laughed at the letter from “Wondering in Clinton Township,” whose sister gets all bent out of shape when she receives a letter addressed to “Aunt Frances” instead of “Mrs. Frances Smith.”

Right now, I am holding a letter addressed to “Grandma Bobbie” and another addressed to “Aunt Grandma.” I really don’t care how it’s addressed, just as long as they write to me. — Fort Myers, Fla. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@ comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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Researchers say Alzheimer’s drugs lack benefit for mild cognitive impairment

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Cognitive enhancers — drugs given to Alzheimer’s patients to improve concentration, memory, alertness and moods — do not improve mental function in people with mild cognitive impairment, researchers say.

Mild cognitive impairment, or MCI, is marked by memory lapses and problems with language, thinking and decision-making that go beyond what’s expected with normal aging, but are not as pronounced as the changes that would signal the decline of dementia.

However, up to 17 per cent of MCI patients do go on in time to develop a dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Doctors sometimes prescribe cognitive enhancers to people with mild cognitive impairment in the hope of helping improve their memory and day-today functioning. In Canada, physicians need special authorization to give the medications to people with MCI. “More and more patients and their families are requesting these medications,” said Andrea Tricco, a scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, who led a study looking at the drugs’ effects on MCI patients.

“It is a form of medication creep in that a lot of people seem to be going to their doctors and asking for them.”

In a review of international studies that tested cognitive enhancers in people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, the Toronto researchers found the drugs had no benefit over the long term and had numerous sideeffects.

The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, assessed the results of eight clinical trials that involved almost 5,000 MCI patients, aged 66 to 73. Patients were given one of four cognitive enhancers — donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine and memantine — or a dummy pill.

“We found that they weren’t help-

ful and that actually they also caused harm,” said Tricco. “So they caused significantly more headaches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, compared to patients who received placebo.”

“Patients and their families should consider this information when requesting these medications,” the authors write.

“Similarly, health-care decision makers may not wish to approve the use of these medications for mild cognitive impairment, because these drugs might not be effective and are likely associated with harm.”

Dr. Serge Gauthier, director of the Alzheimer’s disease research unit at McGill University’s Centre for Studies in Aging, said the authors’ conclusions are in line with recommendations of the 2012 Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia.

“We reiterated that this is the wrong stage (of dementia) to treat,” said Gauthier, noting that there are no medications at this point to slow the process of mild cognitive impairment.

“Frankly, the kind of drug you need is often an antidepressant more than an Alzheimer’s-specific drug because (patients) realize there’s a change in their cognitive ability,” he said Monday from Montreal. “They worry it’s going to get worse, and if you need a pill it’s often an antidepressant or something for anxiety.”

However, eventual dementia isn’t a given for all people with mild cognitive impairment; some never get worse, and a few eventually get better, depending on the underlying cause.

Doctors now are able to predict with greater accuracy which MCI patients will go on to develop a full-fledged dementia, using brain scans and tests looking for specific proteins in spinal fluid, said Gauthier.

That has changed how doctors classify patients within the spectrum of mild cognitive impairment and how they should be treated.

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Thanh Tran, left, matriarch of the family that founded the popular Four Sisters restaurant in Falls Church, Va., demonstrates how to make Song Que’s Bananas With Tapioca Pearls, aided by daughter Lieu Lai.

BUBBLE TEA TAKE A BIG GULP AND DIVE IN

BY TIM CARMAN ADVOCATE NEWS SERVICES It’s approaching 5 a.m., and the thoughts racing through my sleepless head are not suitable for a newspaper section whose favorite four-letter word is food.

I’m on my third attempt at making bubble tea, and my tapioca pearls, after lounging in a large low-heat pot for more than four hours, have finally deigned to turn translucent and slightly gray. The problem is, they’re still nowhere near the shade of black required. Personally, I’m ready to beat them black and blue and call it a night.

How did I find myself in this kitchen nightmare? All I wanted to do was make genuine Taiwanese bubble tea, the kind in which the richly steeped tea is the forward flavor, not those powders, syrups and jellies that so often pass for fresh fruit in the sweet smoothie interpretations of the drink.

But I first needed to learn how to make the “bubbles,” or boba, the dark tapioca pearls that I love to Hoover up with a wide-mouth straw.

The first person I contacted was Thanh Tran, matriarch of the Lai family, the Vietnamese clan behind the iconic Four Sisters restaurant in Merrifield, Va., and the Song Que deli in the Eden Center in Falls Church, Va. If Tran is a pioneer, she’s also practical. She warned me away from making my own bubble tea. “Too hard,” she told me through her son Thuan, who runs Song Que, where you can order a wide variety of bubble drinks.

Tran instead suggested she show me how to make che chuoi, a traditional Vietnamese dessert with tiny tapioca pearls, bananas and coconut milk.

Still, even with Tran’s warning, I couldn’t get those tapioca pearls out of my brain. I’ve long been fascinated with bubble tea, an accidental invention that has solidified into a global phenomenon. It has spread far beyond its place of origin — Taiwan in the late 1980s — and now passes the lips of people on almost every continent, inspiring all sorts of variations along the way.

Warnings notwithstanding, I charged ahead with my plan and sought the assistance of Diana Shen, a Taiwanese native who more than 10 years ago tried to open her own bubble tea bar in Washington, on the second floor of a Chinatown restaurant. The project ultimately fell through, a casualty of quarreling owners, even though she had already bought all the necessary equipment. A decade later, Shen is one of the few local bubble-tea makers willing to share her methods, given she doesn’t have to worry about passing along trade secrets, such as any subtle flavors a shop might add to its cooked bubbles.

At the Virginia home of her friend Dorothy Brown, Shen offers her own warning: don’t buy the tapioca pearls that need only five minutes of stove-top cooking; those bubbles, she says, sacrifice texture for expediency. “Everybody will be very excited by that: ‘Oh,

Bubble Milk Tea Makes 1 cup tapioca bubbles (enough for 4 or 5 servings) This recipe is designed to strip away many of the gimmicks — the flavored syrups, the fruit powders, the squares of gelatin — that have compromised the simple elegance of bubble teas, which were first introduced in Taiwan in the 1980s. This drink emphasizes the flavor of the tea, which should be strongly steeped.

The fresh, caramel-colored tapioca pearls that are required for this tea can be found at Amazon.com and other online shopping sites. The dried white tapioca pearls found at Asian supermarkets will not work for bubble teas.

You’ll need wide-mouth straws for serving.

MAKE AHEAD: Tapioca pearls degrade quickly, so they are best consumed within seven hours after cooking. Adapted from an original recipe by Diana Shen, a Taiwan native and bubble tea enthusiast.

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LEFT: Song Que’s Bananas With Tapioca Pearls, like many desserts native to Vietnam, is both sweet and starchy — a perfect finishing course on a hot day.

RIGHT: Three versions of bubble tea at Song Que Deli in Falls Church, Va. From left, Combination Dessert, Taro Tea and Thai Tea. five minutes!’” Shen notes. The trouble, she adds, is that the bubbles will be like “bad-quality chewing gum.”

Shen relies on tapioca pearls that she special-orders. She calls them “fresh” pearls. Precooked, these pearls sport a light-tan complexion, as if they were Cocoa Puffs that know when to come inside during the hot midday sun.

They smell like maple syrup, and if you press an uncooked pearl between your fingers, it will easily crumble. Shen tells me that I should be able to find these bubbles at Asian supermarkets.

At the sprawling Great Wall supermarket in Rockville, Md., I can’t locate fresh pearls. I spot the five-minute bubbles, even a rainbow-colored variation of the quick-cook pearls.

I find tapioca flour and dried white pearls that are as hard as ball bearings.

A customer-service rep at Great Wall informs me that the store sells only the dried white pearls and their speedy little cousins. So I buy the dried ones, along with a bag of five-minute bubbles and a container of wide-mouth straws. (Days later, I should note, Shen found the fresh pearls at the Eden Supermarket in Falls Church.)

That is when the nightmare begins.

The first time I tried to cook the dried pearls, I quit after three hours when too many of them stubbornly stayed white. What’s more, because of the protracted cooking period, the pearls seemed to release as much starch as they retained, laminating my poor saucepan with a thin layer of translucent goo.

I called some professional bubbletea makers and explained my situation. “It’s a tough product to master,” says Linda Neumann, co-owner of Teaism in Washington, where bubble tea has been available for years. But she

doesn’t cook the bubbles herself, so she turned me over to Ruben Hernandez, general manager at Teaism’s store in Old Town Alexandria in Virginia.

He cooks the pearls.

“It took a little while” to perfect the bubbles, Hernandez says. “Sometimes they were hard. Sometimes they were a little mushy. . . . It’s not that easy. It takes a little practice.”

When I got my hands on fresh bubbles — a cup-of-sugar favor from Song Que — I felt like a prep cook who had just discovered the Cuisinart. What I couldn’t muster after four dreadful hours at the stove — black pearls with a proper chewy texture — I could now create in a matter of minutes. And with none of the saucepan goo.

The only question I had left was the classic one of every home cook: How do I know when my ingredient is properly cooked? In other words, how will I know when my pearls have achieved that right, perfect texture? After all, when I cooked the five-minute bubbles out of sheer curiosity, I must admit they tasted fine to me — at least the first time I made them. They were both soft and chewy. (The second time, they were like pencil erasers.)

For my last question, I turned back to my mentor, Diana Shen. She explained the Taiwanese concept of “QQ,” which means, roughly, “bouncy.”

When you test your pearls as they cook, you want bubbles that generate a certain bounce in the mouth as you bite into them.

I found that bounce not only in my bubbles but also in my step, as I finally was able to steep some high mountain oolong tea, shake it together with ice and sweetened condensed milk and pour the creamy mixture over a small pile of beautiful, chewy and black tapioca pearls.

Ingredients For the bubbles 14 cups cool water, plus more as needed 1 cup fresh tapioca pearls (see headnote) For the tea 1 cup cool water, plus 4 to 5 cups justboiled water 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar 8 to 15 single-serving tea bags (flavor of your choice) 4 or 5 tablespoons sweetened condensed milk Ice, preferably crushed Steps For the bubbles: Bring 7 cups of cool water to a boil in a large saucepan over high heat. Add the tapioca pearls, stirring immediately to make sure they don’t clump together or stick to the saucepan. After 1 minute, reduce the heat to medium; cover and cook for 25 minutes, keeping the water boiling gently and stirring every 3 to 4 minutes. (The pearls will turn black by the end of the cooking time.)

Drain the pearls in a fine-mesh sieve, rinsing them under cool water to remove any remaining starch. Discard the cooking water.

Rinse out the saucepan (also to remove starch). Fill with the remaining 7 cups of cool water and return to the stove top over low heat.

Return the rinsed pearls, or bubbles, to the saucepan; cover and cook for 15 to 20 minutes, so the bubbles become soft, chewy and bouncy on the tongue. Repeat the draining, rinsing and discarding of the cooking water.

For the tea: Meanwhile, heat the 1 cup of cool water in a saucepan over medium heat.

Add the brown sugar and cook, stirring occasionally, until it completely dissolves to form a light syrup. Remove from the heat.

Add the finished pearls to the brown sugar syrup; steep for at least 10 minutes. They can be held in the syrup for up to 7 hours as you prepare each tea.

To prepare each serving, steep 2 or 3 tea bags in 1 cup of just-boiled water. Add 3 or 4 tablespoons of the bubbles to the bottom of each highball or pint glass.

For each serving, fill a cocktail shaker three-quarters full with ice. Add a tablespoon of the sweetened condensed milk and the steeped tea; seal and shake until cool to the touch. Pour into a glass with bubbles, then fill with ice. Serve right away, with a widemouth straw.

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Award-nominated play I Met A Bully On the Hill to be staged at Scott Block

BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF Everybody is sometimes a bully, sometimes a victim and sometimes a passive bystander, said Tree House Youth Theatre’s artistic director Matt Gould.

“It’s a circle. ... We’ve all done it — called somebody a name or been unduly harsh to get our way. ... (Bullying) takes all kinds of forms,” he added.

For this reason, four young Red Deer actors will take turns depicting all three roles in a Tree House Youth Theatre production that runs this weekend.

The award-nominated Canadian play I Met A Bully On the Hill,

by Martha Brooks and Maureen Hunter, will be staged at the Scott Block at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday.

This public performance will precipitate future stagings of the play at the Red Deer College Arts Centre, where it will be viewed by about 1,000 elementary school students.

Gould noted the one-act play, which was in the running for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Production when it was mounted by Theatre Direct in Toronto, was actually written in the 1980s but continues to be relevant today.

In some ways, the basic bullying depicted when the character of J.J. is threatened for walking to school over a hill that’s been claimed by an aggressive schoolmate, has been eclipsed by more sophisticated cyber bullying.

By using the Internet, Gould said bullies no longer have to be the physically tough kids — in fact, many girls taunt their classmates online, or spread gossip or embarrassing rumours.

“I know some girls can be extremely vicious.”

He believes putting different actors through the roles of bully and victim shows that different kind of kids can engage in the same unacceptable behaviour — or become wounded by it.

Although the actors will change roles in each scene, audience members will understand who’s playing which character because of different-coloured arm bands the actors will be wearing, said Gould.

The four teenagers in the production have also turned their own stories of bullying or being bullied into four short vignettes, which will be performed along with the one-act play as part of the 90-minute presentation.

Gould said the show underlines the need to persist and keep telling adults about bullying until someone gets involved and takes action to resolve the problem.

Of course, there’s often no easy solution. And I Met a Bully on the Hill is realistic enough to acknowledge this, said Gould. “The ending is not all that tidy — but then life isn’t either.”

Admission to the 7:30 p.m. show at the Scott Block is by donation ($10 is suggested). It’s suitable for ages six and up. lmichelin@reddeeradvocate.com

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Whacking the plumber or blowing up the local market are hardly ways to endear yourself to the new neighbours, but what can you expect when an American mob family on the lam can’t quite blend in with the snooty French locals in The Family?

Robert De Niro plays disgraced mobster Gio Manzoni — a role he could handle in his sleep — an old-school don reluctantly forced by his big mouth to say goodbye to his old life by taking on a new identity.

Now known as Fred Blake, Gio is joined by his strong-willed missus Maggie (Married to the Mob’s Michelle Pfeiffer, also in familiar onscreen territory) who doesn’t take kindly to locals making fun of her lousy French.

Ditto their teens, daughter Bell (Glee’s Dianna Agron) and young son Warren (John D’Leo), who find fitting in at high school is easier once they start running their own racket (or racquet, in Bell’s case).

Based on French novelist Tonino Benacquista’s Malavita (Badfellas), Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) directs from his screenplay.

While Besson knows his way around an action film, he’s not as adept at comedy.

The result is an oftenviolent, occasionally amusing fish-out-of-eau tale that plunks a family of wise guys in the French countryside with predictable results.

First order of business for the audience is ridding yourself of any notion that people join the witness protection program so nobody can figure out who you are.

The loudmouth Blake family seems to do everything in their power to attract attention.

Inspired by the discovery of a dusty old typewriter, Fred has decided to reinvent himself as a writer.

But lets his mouth get the best of him yet again when he tries to convince a neighbour he’s writing an American military history about DDay, a subject he clearly knows nothing about.

And Maggie is scandalized by the amount of cream in every dish in France. Have these people never heard of olive oil?

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Medium income highest at Sylvan SURVEY ALSO SAYS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS OUT OF REACH FOR MORE IN BLACKFALDS, RED DEER THAN OTHER CENTRAL ALBERTA COMMUNITIES

BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF Full-time workers who live in Sylvan Lake have the highest median employment income in Central Alberta, followed by Olds, Lacombe, Innisfail and Red Deer.

The results come from Statistics Canada’s National Household Survey.

Full-time, full-year workers in Sylvan Lake earned a median of $58,254 in 2010. The median for Olds workers was $53,473. In Lacombe, it was $53,212. Innisfail came in at $52,591 and for Red Deer it was $51,776.

The median for Albertans was $55,507 and for Canadians it was $47,868.

Albertans may earn the most across Canada, but income is only part of the cost of living equation.

Affordable housing is out of reach for more people in Blackfalds and Red Deer than other Central Alberta communities.

In Blackfalds, 27.8 per cent of residents spend 30 per cent or more of their income

towards housing. Red Deer follows close behind at 26.5 per cent.

That’s more than the Alberta average of 23.7 per cent and the Canadian average of 25.2 per cent.

Central Alberta Poverty Reduction Alliance co-chair Lori Jack said spending 30 per cent or more on a mortgage or rent means people might not have enough money for other necessities.

In Red Deer, the average monthly shelter costs for a renter was $1,018 in 2010. The average rent was $1,079 in Alberta and $848 in Canada.

Mayor Morris Flewwelling said Red Deer is a catchment area for people in Central Alberta who need social support services so they tend to move to Red Deer.

“We tend to have a fairly high family income level. But we have a certain percentage of our population who are living in poverty and very often that part of the population is identified as single-parent families, often mothers with children,” Flewwelling said.

“It grieves me to know that there are children living in poverty who are relying on the clothing bank and the OF RED DEER food bank. They learn very quickly that they’re marginalized and marginalized young people tend to grow up as marginalized adults. It’s a self-perpetuating and very unforgiving fact of life.”

‘WE TEND TO HAVE A FAIRLY HIGH FAMILY INCOME LEVEL. BUT WE HAVE A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF OUR POPULATION WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY....’

DAWE/ST. PATRICK RUN The trails from Heritage Ranch to Bower Ponds will be alive with young runners today when students from Grades 4 to 12 participate in the Dawe/St. Patrick school run. The three-km fun run gets underway at 11:30 a.m. with runners from various age groups leaving in waves. In case of inclement weather, Sept.

24 will be the alternate date. Students from many area public and Catholic schools will participate in the run.

— MAYOR MORRIS FLEWWELLING

“That money is being taken away from other needs you may have. It puts you at risk in other areas of your life. What would you sacrifice in order to maintain housing?” Jack said on Monday.

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Cleaner stole from clients

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PAWNED DESIGNER WALLET FOR $20

High school students will spend a fun-filled afternoon exploring futures in science and technology on Oct. 19 at Red Deer College. The Edacity Xtreme Challenge invites teams of two to compete in sciencebased challenges, earning points along the way.

Local community groups will act as challenge hosts giving students real-world examples of science applications in industry. The event wraps up with dinners, awards and prizes. The initiative is created by MindFuel and made possible by the Rural Alberta Development Fund. Register for the challenge at www.edacity. ca.

BY BRENDA KOSSOWAN ADVOCATE STAFF

Clearwater County, said the deal signed on Friday was a natural extension of their existing co-operation.

“The town, the county and the village have got one of the stronger relationships, urban/rural, in the province,” said Leaf.

“What this is really doing is formalizing how the councils will work together.

Creating more victims is the wrong way to help someone who is in trouble, a provincial court judge told a Red Deer housekeeper who pleaded guilty to stealing from one of her clients.

Zoe Alexandra Duval, 22, pleaded guilty in Red Deer provincial court on Monday to stealing a designer wallet and, subsequent to that, failing to attend the Blackfalds RCMP detachment for fingerprinting.

Crown prosecutor Tony Bell said Shane and Kimberly Lokszyn of Blackfalds had installed video surveillance because of suspicious activities in their home.

Videos showed Duval going through drawers and opening closets in areas that she was not contracted to clean.

They also show her removing a designer wallet, worth US$610, said Bell.

Court heard that Duval pawned the wallet for $20, unaware that it was an original.

There were no submissions concerning the wallet’s contents, if any.

Kimberly Lokszyn said in her victim impact statement that she felt used and betrayed by a person who had acted like a friend, that she has lost her ability to trust and she is no longer comfortable asking people into her home.

Defence counsel Walter Kubanek told Judge Gordon Yake that Duval had been a board member of a Torontobased Roma association and had dedicated herself to fighting racist perceptions about her people, more commonly known as gypsies.

She said she took the wallet because she needed money for the legal defence of a Roma woman living in Toronto and being deported to Hungary.

Kubanek said his client lost all of her contracts after the charges were laid and now works a retail store in Red Deer.

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CORRECTION Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

A brief about Red Cross emergency volunteers in Monday’s Advocate had an incorrect email address. People who want more information about emergency volunteers or the event on Sept. 25 can email Matt Sawatsky at matt.sawatsky@redcross. ca.

Cyclists make their way along the bike paths in Red Deer under a canopy of green folliage. Although many trees in Central Alberta have begun their change from green to golden, this overhanging brush in the Waskasoo subdivision is holding onto its summer colour for a little while longer.

New deal for town, county

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Clearwater County, Rocky Mountain House and Caroline have a long history of working together.

Now they have further strengthened that commitment through a new intermunicipal agreement.

Ron Leaf, chief administrative officer for

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Clearwater, Rocky reach agreement on sewage plant

BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF Clearwater County will pump $2.2 million into Rocky Mountain House’s sewage plant so it can once again accept rural wastewater.

The town closed its sewage lagoon to out-of-town users in November 2010 to ensure it met environmental regulations.

The decision meant county haulers had to use other facilities in Leslieville, Drayton Valley, Sylvan Lake or Nordegg, boosting travel time and costs.

A proposal to build a $6.1-million wastewater plant in the county about 10 km west of town ran into opposition from neighbouring residents.

At the same time, the county and town have been working together on shorter-term alternatives and a number of engineering studies were commissioned.

Clearwater County chief administrative officer Ron Leaf said an agreement in principle has now been reached with the town to upgrade its facility to meet county needs.

It is expected to be signed next month.

“I’m happy to see our councils continue to work together to serve the best interest of the regional community,” says Rocky Mayor Fred Nash in a statement.

Leaf said once complete, the upgrades are expected to meet the county’s requirements for up to 15 years.

A new fine air bubbler aeration system, monitoring system and septage receiving system will be added to the town facility.

It is expected the plant will take county wastewater again by mid-December.

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

In the meantime, the two municipalities will begin long-term planning to meet future sewage needs while anticipating tighter federal regulations that are coming down the pipe.

Leaf said the 10-acre site that was designated for the wastewater plant remains an option.

“We are keeping that designation at this particular point in time.

“But there are a lot of other options that have been identified that we are going to have to prove out.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

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First Nation concerned about six leaks at oilsands project COLD LAKE — A First Nation says it is concerned about two other leaks at an oilsands project in northeastern Alberta, bringing the total in recent months to six.

Chief Bernice Martial of Cold Lake First Nation said Monday that she is worried about the safety of drinking water, animals and vegetation in her region.

In July, Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (TSX:CNQ) said a mechanical failure at an old well was behind ongoing bitumen seepage at its oilsands project on the Cold Lake Air Weapons Range.

About 1.5 million litres of bitumen has since been recovered from bush and muskeg in the area.

The band said in a news release that it recently learned of two additional leaks of bitumen, but the Alberta Energy Regulator says they both involved produced

water back in May and June.

Spokeswoman Cara Tobin said the waste water from the two sites, about 8,000 litres in total, has since been cleaned up.

Company spokeswoman Zoe Addington confirmed there have

pristine Denesuline territory,” Martial said in a news release.

“Animals such as wolves and bears are now migrating through our community, which is a safety risk and precaution. The environment is changing and definitely not for the positive.”

CNRL has been ordered to limit the amount of steam it pumps into the reservoir while the regulator investigates.

Gerry Protti, — CHIEF BERNICE MARTIAL chairman of the regulator, said that been no further bitumen discover- the spill has significantly affected ies. the company’s finances.

“Each location has been se“We’re working extremely hard cured and cleanup of bitumen at to come up with the cause of the the four other sites is ongoing,” issue and resolution around it. she said in an email.

But when you’re taking 40,000-plus The last report posted by the barrels of production out of their regulator tallies dead wildlife cash flow, that has a direct imfrom the leak at two beavers, 46 pact,” he said Monday in Calgary. small mammals, 49 birds and 105 “But that shows the importance amphibians. that the province is attaching to “Our future generations will development occurring with the not be able to enjoy what once was minimum environmental impact.”

‘OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY WHAT ONCE WAS PRISTINE DENESULINE TERRITORY.’

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BRIEFS Anti-social behaviour penalties hiked Rowdies in Lacombe could pay a steep price for their misbehaviour under a New Community Standards Bylaw.

Council approved the bylaw last week to provide peace officers and police with more flexibility when dealing with anti-social behaviour.

Fines range depending on the offence. Fighting in a public place can land someone a $500 fine on first offence.

Spitting in public can draw a $150 fine, loitering can mean a $250 ticket and panhandling $75. Penalties double and triple for subsequent offences.

The bylaw also tackles bullying. Youths face a first-time fine of $125 and adults $500.

Graffiti vandals face some of the steepest penalties. A first-time offence means a $2,500 fine.

That doubles, then triples for repeat offenders.

“The issue of public and private property being defaced is a particular annoyance for both businesses and residents alike,” says Lacombe chief administrative officer Norma MacQuarrie in a statement.

“The new bylaw provides for a significant monetary penalty that should discourage offenders from further engaging in such behaviour.”

Noisy drinking establishments will face a $2,000 fine on first offence, $5,000 the next time and $10,000 if there is still more trouble.

The bylaw also gives the authorities the power to take minors home during curfew hours. Parents and guardians could face a $100 fine if found to have knowingly allowed youngsters to roam around dur-

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NEED: On the rise Halina Jarvis, executive director of Loaves and Fishes, said the charity made 1,449 lunches for Red Deer students in need in the first 10 days of school this month.

“Compared to last year, it’s up about 200. It was about 1,200 last September,” Jarvis said.

She said by the end of the 2011-12 school year, about 300 lunches were given out each day.

“Once you’re in crisis, it’s very hard to get out, especially if you’re a single mom,” Jarvis said.

Red Deer Food Bank executive director Fred Scaife said single parents make up about 30 per cent of people who use the local food bank.

“Fifteen years ago, the highest demographic was single adults.

“Typically they were male, 20s to 30s, with some sort of life skills disorder. Now it’s a totally different picture.

“The No. 1 demographic is two-parent households and single-parent households,” Scaife said. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

DEAL: Stronger Together “One of the phrases that came out in the Stronger Together agreement is we are one community governed by three councils.”

The agreement also includes a dispute resolution process, should councils not see eye to eye on some issue.

All three municipalities already have cost-sharing agreements in place on multiple fronts such as recreation, culture, library and social programs.

A revenue-sharing agreement expired last year but payments are continuing in anticipation of a new deal being negotiated.

Municipalities expect to face additional financial pressure in coming years as more costs are passed down from the province.

For instance, the Alberta government has mused about changing the way policing is funded and whether a regional policing model should be pursued.

Rocky Mayor Fred Nash said all three councils have long legislated with the goal of what’s best for the area, not just within their own borders.

“We all have the best of intentions. It’s not us and them. It’s us.”

For instance, the town supplies a street sweeper to Caroline to spare that community the cost of an expensive piece of machinery that is only needed for a short time.

Likewise, when the town needed help improving its football fields, the county stepped up with funding.

Nash said the province also sees the strength in

ing curfew without a good explanation.

A number of Central Alberta communities have passed similar bylaws.

Lacombe reduces speed limits Drivers will be asked to slow down in a stretch of Lacombe’s historic downtown during typical work week hours beginning in December.

City council voted earlier this month to reduce speeds to 30 km/h from 50 km/h from 53rd Street to Hwy 2A along Hwy 12 beginning on Dec. 1. The lower speed limits are in effect from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday.

The pilot project will be reviewed after a year to see if pedestrian safety is improved.

“As Lacombe has grown, the volume of traffic has increased in the downtown area, leading to increased concerns around pedestrian safety, as there are many boutique shops, historical places of interest, and even a tour of historic murals, all of which attract both residents and visitors,” says Mayor Steve Christie in an announcement.

Changing the speed limit was proposed in a notice of motion brought forward by Coun. Reuben Konnik, who owns a business along the stretch.

Konnik said he has seen a number of dangerous situations, fender benders and near-misses downtown.

The Lacombe Police Service is in favour of the move.

Missing teen located A teen who was reported missing on Friday has been located.

The youth had been last seen in downtown Red Deer on Aug. 26.

Red Deer RCMP say they found Brandon Loughlin, 15, safe and in good health. regional co-operation and has been encouraging communities to work with their neighbours.

“We all see the benefits of it.” pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

THEFT: Don’t help one person by creating another victim After hearing Duval offer apologies to the Lokszyns, Yake told her that, while he appreciates she was trying to help someone out, there are alternative means for raising money.

“You don’t help one person by creating another victim,” said Yake.

He said the Alberta Court of Appeal has determined that jail time is necessary for people caught stealing from their employers, except under exceptional circumstances, and he found nothing exceptional about Duval’s offence.

Rather, he found it particularly aggravating that she had committed the theft in the sanctity of her employers’ home.

He sentenced Duval to 45 days in jail, to be served on weekends, and ordered that she pay victim of crime surcharges on both offences as well as restitution for the stolen wallet.

He also ordered her to attend the Blackfalds RCMP for fingerprinting. bkossowan@reddeeradvocate.com

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Unsanctioned sign warns of a cougar on trail in Lacombe.

Warning of cougar appears groundless Reports of a Ponoka cougar are greatly exaggerated apparently.

A sign recently appeared on the town’s downtown trails warning walkers: “Take Caution Cougar Sighting on Trail.”

“There’s no truth to it whatsoever,” said district Fish and Wildlife officer Glenn Chantal on Monday. “(The sign) was put up without any confirmation or any verification. Somebody took it upon themselves just to put it up.”

The likelihood of a cougar roaming the area is beyond remote, said Chantal, who has been in Ponoka for 27 years. The only verified cougar sighting in that time was about eight km east of town.

“There’s never been one here at all.”

He took a call a few years ago from walkers convinced a cougar was sunning itself on a hay bale near town. It turned out to be a coyote.

It is unclear who posted the sign, which is in an official-looking typeface and bears the Town of Ponoka logo. The town did not sanction the notice.

“It has not been determined exactly who put it up yet,” he said, adding it is being looked into.

It is Fish and Wildlife’s responsibility to post warnings in the event of potentially dangerous wildlife sightings.

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Golf course worker scores bogey for bagging goose

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Wildlife authorities want to speak to an Edmonton-area golf course maintenance worker who killed a Canada goose along a fairway as golfers played nearby.

A group of friends enjoying a round last Wednesday at the Hunters Green course in Sturgeon County say a man reportedly used a compound bow to kill the bird.

Lindsay Bailer says she was appalled when a friend went to retrieve a ball and returned to say he was within speaking distance of someone who fired an arrow at the goose.

Wayne McGuire, the owner of the course, says he gave the employee permission to hunt on the property Tuesday night but there were no birds, so he came back the next day without telling him.

McGuire says this is the first time something like this has happened at his course, and that the maintenance worker has been spoken to but not fired.

Fish and Wildlife officer Adrian Marr says it would be lawful to hunt at the golf course so long as the hunter is fully licensed and does not fire within 60 metres of an occupied building.

Disabled man found safe after spending 2 days in bush EDMONTON — Mounties and searchers are calling it the “best possible outcome” in the case of a man who was reported missing on the weekend.

Donald Bilawchuck, who is 56, has been found safe and sound, after two days spent in the bush near Drayton Valley, southwest of Edmonton.

Bilawchuck, who needs crutches to get around, had last been seen Saturday afternoon, and his truck was found Sunday near Powerhouse Road.

Police say about 9 a.m. this morning, he waved down a search party on ATVs in that same area.

Bilawchuck was alert and speaking with searchers when he was found, and was taken by ambulance to a Drayton Valley hospital for examination and treatment of exposure.

RCMP Staff Sergeant Brian Jones says Mounties still don’t know exactly how he was separated from his ATV. “He had managed to crawl, or make his way some distance back toward Powerhouse Road,” Jones says.

“There was a small creek that stopped him from actually being able to get up to the road.”

“It was a very stressful, and strenuous, and very, very difficult two nights he spent in the bush.”

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Husband’s friendship with co-worker could hurt marriage

Gaudy garden gumshoes While I always admire a nice pair Unlike the deceptively micro holeof shoes I am not your typical shoe filled aqua shoes, this pair leaked begal. Working out of a home office and cause I wore holes through both the spending my downtime in the garden soles. They were no Josef Seibel. The does not require fancy footwear. old adage is true… you get what you I do try to keep a pair of decent pay for. shoes for when I go to town Undeterred by quality or — which isn’t often — or out common sense, I went back on the town, which is even to the store and bought anrarer. other pair.

Over 10 years ago I bought The boisterous yellow a pair of Josef Seibel shoes; pattern made me smile; black flats with a red flowand it’s always good to have er on the side. They are the things that make you smile. only designer name shoes I However, they now look have ever owned and more like road kill. than a decade later they are A summer’s worth of still my go-to pair of “town” grass stains and gumbo shoes. have not been kind to my They are crazy comfortyellow footwear.

SHANNON able. I wouldn’t think twice When one of the shoes — MCKINNON about wearing them for a predictably — split open on hike in the mountains. Unthe side I had to concede fortunately they are starting they were cheaply made to look like I’ve done just and there was no point in that. buying a third pair.

On a recent trip to a city I was acSo I fixed them with a bit of duct costed by shoe shiners who shouted tape. things like, “Those look like your faBy now I’m sure you realize I am not vourite pair of shoes!” (Translation; a fashion diva. those shoes are really worn out) and Couple this with a somewhat dreamy one woman who said, “Come for a and distracted disposition and intershine, your poor shoes are weeping!” esting things can happen.

This spring I bought a whopping Last week I was getting ready for an three pairs of shoes; an unprecedented event in town. I took the time to iron a number. dress shirt and pants.

However, all three were for wearing I spent 15 minutes polishing up my in the garden. ancient Josef Seibel shoes until they The first pair I bought were com- reached a lustre that would make any fy slip-ons with thick juicy soles that shoe shiner weep. looked to be just the ticket. UnfortuOr get a bit misty eyed anyway. I nately they leaked. picked out some jewelry, fixed my hair Badly. and spritzed on some perfume. I even When my feet were soaked after applied some mascara. simply walking across the dew smatJust as I was heading out the door I tered lawn, I took them off in exaspera- remembered I had promised a friend I tion and examined them. would bring her some fresh kale from Turns out they were aqua shoes for my garden, so I grabbed a bag, slipped wearing at the beach. on my trusty yellow gumshoes, ran up Or on a yacht. We have neither. to the garden and filled the bag full.

Good grief.

Then I ran back to the house, My second purchase was a horribly grabbed my car keys and my purse and tacky pair of rubber “gumboot” shoes headed off to town. in a bright yellow with tiny red and When I arrived at the event I purple flowers all over them. couldn’t help but notice people were It was love at first sight. I wore those acting strange. babies all through spring planting until they too sprung a leak.

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Question: My husband told me a for life? month ago that he has started to eat Dr. Greg Smalley, Vice President, lunch with a single lady in his office.

Family Ministries: Confronting your He says they’re only friends and son about inappropriate behavior feels sorry for her since she is new to won’t scar him for life, but allowing the company. that behavior to continue unchecked I told him I didn’t feel comfortable just might. with him eating with her alone and The first thing he needs to know is asked if some other cothat sexting is potentially workers could eat with them illegal. as well. He said there isn’t He could face arrest and anyone else to sit with them. prosecution for sharing or Am I being too paranoid, or receiving explicit pictures should I insist that he stop? over the phone.

Jim: Your concerns are If the subjects are miwarranted. Your husband nors, the pictures fall into may genuinely feel sorry for the category of child porhis co-worker and have a nography, the distribution desire to make her feel weland possession of which come at the office. is strictly illegal in every But consistent one-onstate. one time with her is not a Will your son be embarJIM healthy idea. Most people rassed when you confront DALY who fall into extramarital him about this? affairs didn’t set out to do Probably. So when you so. do confront him, make sure Rather, the illicit relahe knows that you’re doing tionship began on innocent so out of a deep love for him terms. and a concern for his emoThere are always compelling rea- tional and spiritual well-being. sons to be cautious about opposite-sex This will require you to walk a very friendships outside of one’s spouse. fine line.

Before you were married, you may If you make light of the situation have had lots of friends of the opposite and dismiss the seriousness of the missex, but things are different now. take your son has made, you increase Once you say, “I do,” your bond with the likelihood that he’ll repeat the beyour spouse takes priority over every havior. other relationship.

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Some find monotony in a predictable existence “People, chained by monotony, afraid to think, clinging to certainties ... live like ants.”

— Bela Lugosi, actor

notony as a form of beige sameness.

We tend to develop our own routines and for most of us, doing so helps us feel safe, keeps life predictable and lessens our stress.

“How long?” I asked. “How many Perhaps a good question to ask years?” might be “Do you find yourself feeling I had asked a colleague how long happy about the routines you have dehe had lived and worked in veloped or do you feel stuck the same town. in them?”

“Nearly 30, I guess,” was If we cherish security, the reply. “Nearly 30 years safety and predictability at the same job.” above all else, then the idea His house was paid for of breaking free from rouand that was a good thing. tine can be terrifying.

He had plenty of money inI remember being survested for retirement and prised when another friend that gave him a sense of setold me that monotony was a curity — a certain peace-ofby-product of modern living. mind, no doubt.

I pushed him a little and Part of me envied him as he eventually shared his I was still years away from thoughts on the topic. being mortgage-free and Essentially, you find about 20 years short of sava good job, you buy a nice MURRAY ing enough to retire. house and, if you’re lucky, FUHRER Another part of me knew have a family. that I would find monotony You move up in the comin such a predictable exispany, set aside money for retence. tirement and hopefully get I’d never been one to to have a little fun before stay in any place for too you die. long. Still in all, my friend seemed He said as time goes by you become quite happy (content, even) and I con- accustomed to the monotony of your gratulated him on his success and for- existence. titude.

In the award-winning documentary, We’re all vulnerable to the monot- I’m Fine Thanks, Director Grant Peelle ony of life — some more than others. set out of find why people across North I once heard someone describe mo- America seemed stuck in monotonous,

predictable, unfulfilling lives.

What he discovered was a pervasive belief that agreed perfectly with my friend’s.

Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not dismissing the tried-and-true formula for a comfortable existence.

There is value in preparing for the future and certainly a sense of be-

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6. Do you find telephone conversations become more difficult?

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Working out while you work

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MORE EMPLOYEES USING TREADMILL DESKS, STANDUP DESKS AT OFFICE

BY SAM HANANEL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Glued to your desk at work? Cross that off the list of reasons not to exercise.

A growing number of Americans are standing, walking and even cycling their way through the workday at treadmill desks, standup desks or other moving workstations. Others are forgoing chairs in favour of giant exercise balls to stay fit.

Walking on a treadmill while making phone calls and sorting through emails means “being productive on two fronts,” said Andrew Lockerbie, senior vicepresident of benefits at Brown & Brown, a global insurance consulting firm.

Lockerbie can burn 350 calories a day walking 3 to 4 miles on one of two treadmill desks that his company’s Indianapolis office purchased earlier this year.

“I’m in meetings and at my desk and on the phone all day,” he said. “It’s great to be able to have an option at my work to get some physical activity while I’m actually doing office stuff. You feel better, you get your blood moving, you think clearly.”

Treadmill desks designed for the workplace are normally set to move at 1 to 2 mph, enough to get the heart rate up but not too fast to distract from reading or talking on the phone comfortably.

It’s been a decade since scientific studies began to show that too much sitting can lead to obesity and increase the risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. Even going to the gym three times a week doesn’t offset the harm of being sedentary for hours at a time, said Dr. James Levine, an endocrinologist at the Mayo Clinic.

“There’s a glob of information that sitting is killing us,” Levine said. “You’re basically sitting yourself into a coffin.”

More companies are intrigued by the idea of helping employees stay healthy, lose weight and reduce stress — especially if it means lower insurance costs and higher productivity, said Levine, an enthusiastic supporter of the moving workstations.

“Even walking at 1 mile an hour has very substantial benefits,” Levine said, such as doubling metabolic rate and improving blood sugar levels. “Although you don’t sweat, your body moving is sort of purring along.”

Sales at Indianapolis-based TreadDesk are expected to increase 25 per cent this year as large corporations, including Microsoft, Coca Cola, United Healthcare and Procter & Gamble have started buying the workstations in bulk, said Jerry Carr, the company’s president.

At LifeSpan Fitness, based in Salt Lake City, sales of treadmill desks more than tripled over 2012, said Peter Schenk, company president.

“We don’t see the growth slowing down for several years as right now we are just moving from early adopters, which are educated and highly health-conscious, to more mainstream users,” Schenk said.

With bicycle desks or desk cycles, workers can pedal their way through the day on a small stationary bike mounted under their desks.

Treadmill desks can range from about $800 to $5,000 or more, depending on the manufacturer and model. Desks cycles start as low as $149 for models that can fit under an existing desk but can run $1,400 or more for those with a desk built in. Standup desks can run as low as $250 for platforms that can rest on an existing desk.

Some workers have opted for lower-profile — and lower-cost — ways to stay fit at work, such as sitting on giant exercise balls instead of chairs. Using the inflatable balls can help improve posture and strengthen abs, legs and back muscles.

“I’ve got nurses in my operating room who will use one of those balls instead of a chair,” said Michael Maloney, a professor of orthopedics and sports medicine specialist at the University of Rochester Medical Center.

Maloney said anyone trying an exercise ball, treadmill desk or other moving workstation should approach it just as they would any new exercise regime. Those who have not been working out regularly should start using the equipment in small time increments to

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GUMSHOES: Living with monkeys They would greet me with a smile, look at the ground, then kind of falter, stammer and drift away.

After this happened several times I followed their gaze downward.

To my horror there were my garden gumshoes — in all their gaudy, grass and gumbo stained, duct tape mended, glory — still on my feet.

I had forgot to change!

Good grief. You can take the girl out of the garden, but you can’t take the garden out of the girl.

Or something like that.

I heard the tail end of an interview the other day with a woman who had spent her childhood in a jungle living with monkeys.

I believe her mother was some sort of wildlife researcher or scientist.

Anyway, when they returned to civilization the transition was difficult.

She said that with monkeys you know where you stand, but humans are unpredictable.

They make up all these nonsensical social rules and then shun or laugh at you if you don’t follow them. Things like not wearing duct taped gaudy garden shoes with dress clothes to an event.

There’s something to be said for living with monkeys.

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avoid injury, he said.

“They have to just do it with some common sense and not overdo it,” Maloney said. “Just pay attention to how their body is responding to the new activities.”

Georges Harik, founder of the Web-based instant messaging service imo.im in Palo Alto, Calif., bought two treadmill desks for his 20-person office to share three years ago. Employees tend to sort through email or do other work while using the treadmills.

“I do it when I can,” he said.

“Sometimes it’s not possible if you’re really thinking hard or programming a lot. But this sort of low-grade activity that keeps people from being sedentary probably helps extend their lives by a few years, and we’re big fans of that.”

The office has also purchased standing desks for most of its employees. The desks can be raised up or down with the touch of a button, and Harik says at least three or four workers can be seen standing at desks to stretch their legs at any one time.

But not everyone wants one, Harik said. Some workers find it too distracting to incorporate standing or walking into their work, and some feel they are just not co-ordinated enough to multitask as they exercise.

Levine said he was at first skeptical that a standup desk would offer improvements in health comparable to treadmill desks or other moving workstations.

“It appears I was completely wrong,” he said. “Once you’re off your bottom, it’s inevitable that you start meandering around.

Within two minutes of standing, one activates a series of metabolic processes that are beneficial.

Once you sit, all of those things get switched off.”

Denise Bober, director of human resources at The Breakers, the resort hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., said having a treadmill desk in her office has made a big difference in how she feels after work.

Bober spends one to three hours walking when she’s in the office, usually at 2 mph.

“If I go faster, then I make too many typing errors, but if I’m just reading a report I can go faster,” she said.

willingness to put ourselves out there.

Climbing out of the rut of monotony requires courage, determination and a confident expectation of good — components of good self-esteem and an empowered life.

Sometimes, the key to launching an adventurous life is simply to tweak your daily lifestyle. That said here are four tips that will help transform your lacklustre life for the better.

Switch up your routine.

From the moment we wake up in the morning to the moment we go to bed at night, we have a certain set of tasks to complete.

Next time you find yourself burdened by your daily routine, do something different.

Eat something different for breakfast — choose a different route to work — drive a different vehicle.

In the summer I like to alternate between driving my truck and riding my motorbike to work. Better yet, lace on those walking shoes and follow a walking path to work.

Spice it up. Be creative and courageous.

Flex your mental muscles. Make time to try something new.

It can be anything from a new hobby like cooking, dancing or even hot yoga to reading a new genre of book.

Don’t limit yourself to an activity that you deem “useful” to your career or appropriate to your gender.

The most interesting hobbies are acquired when you stretch past your boundaries.

Get out and socialize.

You can’t gain amazing experiences without first getting to know some new people — and I mean getting to know them face-to-face.

Social media is a great way to meet people, but

ATLANTA — For the first time, the government is estimating how many people die from drug-resistant bacteria each year — more than 23,000, or about as many as those killed annually by flu.

The figure was released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to spotlight the growing threat of germs that are hard to treat because they’ve become resistant to drugs.

Finally estimating the problem sends “a very powerful message,” said Dr. Helen Boucher, a Tufts University expert and spokeswoman for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. “We’re facing a catastrophe.”

Antibiotics like penicillin and streptomycin first became widely available in the 1940s, and today dozens are used to kill or suppress the bacteria behind illnesses ranging from strep throat to the plague. The drugs are considered one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine, and have saved countless lives.

But as decades passed, some antibiotics stopped working against the bugs they previously vanquished.

Experts say their overuse and misuse have helped make them less effective.

In a new report, the CDC tallied the toll of the 17 most worrisome drug-resistant bacteria. The result: Each year, more than 2 million people develop serious infections and at least 23,000 die.

Of those, the staph infection MRSA, or methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus, kills about 11,000, and a new superbug kills about 600. That bacteria withstand treatment with antibiotics called carbapenems — considered one of the last lines of defence against hard-to-treat bugs.

Germs like those have prompted health officials to warn that if the situation gets much worse, it could make doctors reluctant to do surgery or treat cancer patients if antibiotics won’t protect their patients from getting infections.

“If we’re not careful, the medicine chest will be empty” when doctors need infection-fighting drugs, said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden.

It’s not clear that the problem is uniformly growing worse for all bugs.

Some research suggests, for example, that MRSA rates may have plateaued.

But CDC officials and others are using the report to press doctors and hospitals to do more to prevent the spread of infections and to more wisely prescribe antibiotics.

Experts say as many as half of all antibiotics are not used correctly or are prescribed for the wrong thing — for example, they don’t work against flu or colds.

The CDC report warned that misuse creates other problems, too. One is the rise of a nasty strain of intestinal bug called Clostridium difficile, or C-diff. It flourishes in the gut when other bacteria are killed off by antibiotics, and is linked to 14,000 deaths annually.

Online: CDC report: http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/ threat-report-2013/ have the courage to move beyond texting or tweeting.

As long as you are open-minded and free to new ideas, you can meet a bunch of individuals from different walks of life and in doing so, expand your perspective. Be aware, your outlook on life may change radically.

Step out of your comfort zone.

I know this is easier said than done, especially when the voice of your internal critic starts yelling, “What? Are you crazy? You can’t do that!”

Instead of spiraling into depression or just getting “accustomed to it” get up and take action.

One year I decided to invite my children to join me on a grand adventure.

I didn’t want to just step out of my comfort zone, I wanted to blow it up and I wanted my children to do it with me so they would never feel stuck as I had been.

Over the course of a year we embarked on a variety of adventures including: fire-walking, skydiving and white water rafting. They loved it all and so did I. “Monotony has nothing to do with a place,” wrote renowned English author, G.K. Chesterton. “There are no dreary sights; there are only dreary sight seers.”

You have the power to change your life. You can always retreat to your old monotonous routines if things don’t work out, but I think they just might.

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Another good question you can ask yourself is, “If I keep doing the things I’m doing today, where will I be in five, 10, 15 or even 20 years from now?” Do you like what you see?

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Rebels reassign rugged forward KNEE INJURY AND CONDITIONING FORCED SUTTER TO SEND GERVAIS TO YORKTON

BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Kailum Gervais is out of sight, but not out of mind.

Red Deer Rebels GM/head coach Brent Sutter reassigned Gervais to the Yorkton Terriers of the SJHL Monday — a mere five days after bringing the rugged forward in for a look — but is open to the notion of bringing him back at some point this fall.

Sutter was hoping the 18-year-old Kamsack, Sask., product would provide some up-front grit, but he arrived in Red Deer somewhat hobbled by a knee injury and not in prime physical condition.

“It’s a situation where he has a bad knee and because he didn’t skate all summer he’s out of shape,” said Sutter. “We went through some conditioning stuff with him here and his knee just isn’t up to snuff.”

The injury, believed to involve the meniscus — a fibrocartilage structure in the knee — occurred while Gervais was playing with the Terriers in the Western Canada Cup — the western junior A cham-

pionship — in Nanaimo, B.C., in May, and if so could be repaired by arthroscopic surgery.

Gervais is scheduled to have an MRI on the knee Sunday in Regina, then will rejoin the Terriers.

“If he can continue to play he can start the season there and we’ll monitor him and see where he’s at,” said Sutter. “If he’s told he needs surgery, then we’ll have to wait for later on down the line after he finally gets back and plays some games at the junior A level.

“His team (Terriers) understands the situation and they’ve been great about it.”

As Sutter noted, it’s not the ideal scenario, but then nothing was guaranteed when Gervais agreed to join the Rebels after spending most of the past two seasons with the Terriers.

“We didn’t expect him to come here out of condition to the degree that he was. He thought he was in better shape himself,” said Sutter.

“But this is not over with, we’ve just got to keep tabs on him. It’s best that we focus on our team here now and let him get himself to where he needs to be after he has the MRI done.”

● Netminder Patrik Bartosak arrived in Red Deer Monday evening after attending camp with the Los Angeles Kings, who selected him in this year’s NHL entry draft.

Meanwhile, forward Lukas Sutter is slated to arrive today after being reassigned by the Winnipeg Jets Monday and defenceman Kayle Doetzel may be reassigned back to Red Deer by the Nashville Predators today.

Sutter originally heard that Doetzel would play in a preseason game Thursday at Tampa Bay, then was told that the 18-year-old rearguard was to play Monday against the host Florida Panthers. ● The Rebels, with 29 players still remaining on their roster, open Western Hockey League regularseason play Friday at Cranbrook versus the Kootenay Ice. The Rebels and Ice will clash again the following night at the Centrium. ● The Rebels will be featured on four Shaw TV broadcasts this season — at home against Kootenay Oct. 30, the Regina Pats Nov. 22 and the Vancouver Giants Feb. 21, and Nov. 6 at the Kelowna Rockets. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Rookie Bernard leads Bengals past Steelers

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Bengals 20 Steelers 10 CINCINNATI, Ohio — An elusive rookie made all the difference by darting through the Steelers’ defence.

Running back Giovani Bernard scored his first two NFL touchdowns, one of them on a short pass that he turned into a 27-yard score, and the Cincinnati Bengals beat Pittsburgh 20-10 on Monday night, extending the Steelers’ early misery.

The second-round draft pick had a 7-yard touchdown run in the first half before turning a short pass from Andy Dalton into a third-quarter score — a preview of what the Bengals (1-1) could become with a pass-catching threat out of the backfield.

First-round pick Tyler Eifert also had a big play, making a 61-yard catch that set up Bernard’s touchdown run.

The Bengals piled up 407 yards on one of the NFL’s toughest defences, holding the ball for more than 35 minutes.

Pittsburgh fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2002, done in by another game of selfdestruction on offence. The Steelers had two turnovers in scoring range and couldn’t hold the ball long enough to give their defence a breather, failing to get a first down on seven of their 12 possessions.

It was a chance for the Bengals to show they’ve supplanted the Steelers in the AFC North. They beat Pittsburgh 13-10 at Heinz Field last December to reach the playoffs, and now have moved ahead of them again with a rare Monday night win.

Cincinnati is 10-20 in Monday night games.

The Bengals put the ball in the Dalton’s hands in the

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Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones tackles Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders (88) after a 19-yard gain in the first half of an NFL game, Monday, in Cincinnati. first half, letting him pass away while they all but abandoned the run against one of the NFL’s top defences. Dalton had an up-and-down game, finishing 25 of 45 for 280 yards.

He was one attempt shy of career high.

Cincinnati’s rookies provided the big plays.

Eifert got open between cornerback Ike Taylor and safety Ryan Clark for his 61-yard catch. Bernard finished the long drive with a 7-yard run, his first touchdown in the NFL, for the early lead.

The Steelers needed to get their offence moving after a horrid opener. They ran for

only 32 yards and Ben Roethlisberger was sacked five times during a 16-9 home loss to Tennessee. Worse, the Steelers lost Pro Bowl centre Maurkice Pouncey for the rest of the season with a torn knee ligament. Fernando Velasco, signed a week earlier, started in his place Monday.

They weren’t significantly better in Cincinnati.

Roethlisberger got Pittsburgh’s offence moving in spurts. He completed all five of his passes on a touchdown drive that pulled the Steelers into a 10-all tie at halftime, including completions of 19 and 43 yards to Emmanuel Sand-

ers.

Shaun Suisham kicked a 44-yard field goal, and the Steelers had a chance to add to the lead in the first half. But another mistake — and they’ve had a lot of those already — provided the game’s first turning point.

Pinned at their 3-yard line after a punt, the Steelers drove into scoring position.

Roethlisberger completed a 34-yard pass to tight end David Paulson, who fumbled the ball as he was tackled. Adam “Pacman” Jones forced the fumble and recovered it at the Cincinnati 13-yard line.

Another of Roethlisberger’s

passes went off Jerricho Cotchery’s hands and was picked off at the Bengals 13-yard line in the fourth quarter, essentially sealing it. Roethlisberger finished 20 of 37 for 251 yards.

The most intriguing question: Could Steeler-turnedBengal James Harrison leave a mark on Pittsburgh’s mess of an offence?

The linebacker left Pittsburgh after last season when they couldn’t agree on a restricted deal. The former NFL defensive player of the year took his scowl 300 miles down the Ohio River to a team that’s trying to supplant the Steelers in the AFC North.

Stamps first CFL team to secure playoff berth

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

Hufnagel said he allowed himself scotch and a cigar post-game, but that was in celebration of his 62nd birthday.

One of the team’s big recent improvements is in sacks, with 23 in the last four games. Hughes and Winnipeg’s Alex Hall were tied for first in the league with a dozen sacks apiece ahead of Law with nine.

Receiver Maurice Price has also been an — JOHN HUFNAGEL STAMPEDERS HEAD COACH impact player since his return from a hamstring injury with four touchdown catches in the three games. the Saskatchewan’s 31-29 loss to the Toronto ArgoRunning back Jon Cornish, who has achieved nauts on the weekend allowed the Stampeders to 1,000 rushing yards for a second straight season, and gain sole possession of first place in the West.

A 25-7 Edmonton Eskimos victory over the Win- the consistency of field-goal kicker Rene Paredes, nipeg Blue Bombers eliminated the possibility Win- are the constants for Calgary this season.

Field goals can feel like settling for less on some nipeg (2-9) could finish ahead of Calgary in a crossdrives, but two misses by Hamilton’s Luca Congi on over playoff scenario. The Esks, last in the West at Friday reinforced the importance of Paredes’s con2-9, also can’t catch Calgary because the Stampeders tributions to Calgary’s bottom line. won the season series between the teams.

Paredes set a CFL record of 39 consecutive field The Stampeders host defending league champion goals before missing his first of the season Aug. 24 in Toronto, the East Division leaders at 7-2, on Saturday Toronto. He was 12 for 12 in his last three games. in a rematch of last year’s Grey Cup. The Stampeders If he can maintain his 97.2 per cent completion are unbeaten at home at 5-0. rate, Paredes will break the single-season record of Calgary’s win over the Tiger-Cats on Friday was 94.3 held by B.C.’s Paul McCallum. by no means a classic. Quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell “Rene has been exceptional with his field-goal struggled early, but marched the Stampeders down- kicking and his ability to put it through the goal field with two minutes remaining to score the even- posts has really determined the outcome of a lot tual winning touchdown. of our football games,” Hufnagel said. “One of the The defence that had given up 408 passing yards reasons we are in first place is because of Rene’s to Hamilton’s Henry Burris sprang to life on the last consistency.” drive of the game. Sacks by Charleston Hughes and The coach expects both Glenn and fullback Rob Cordarro Law helped prevent the Ticats from coun- Cote returning to full practice this week after knee tering with a winning score. and shoulder injuries respectively. Offensive lineMitchell, 23, was Calgary’s third string quarter- men Dan Federkeil (groin) and Dimitri Tsoumpas back in training camp. He’s won his three starts with (concussion) remain out. Receiver Joe West (shoulveterans Drew Tate and Kevin Glenn on the side- der) is close to returning, but has two games remainlines with injuries. He’s also come onto the field to ing on the nine-game injured list.

“We know we need to improve in all areas and preserve wins when Glenn has gone out of the game.

While Mitchell entertained reporters in the Stam- hopefully I can get the guys back that have been inpeders dressing room post-game, Glenn walked by jured who have been starters at the beginning of the chanting “All we do is win. No matter who is playing. year and get them playing good football,” Hufnagel said.

We just win.”

‘WE KNOW WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN ALL AREAS AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THE GUYS BACK THAT HAVE BEEN INJURED WHO HAVE BEEN STARTERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND GET THEM PLAYING GOOD FOOTBALL.’

CALGARY — Head coach John Hufnagel hasn’t always been satisfied with the performance of his Calgary Stampeders in games this season, but he can’t argue with the results.

Calgary tops both the league and the West Division at 9-2 and is the first team this season to secure a playoff berth.

“We’ve won in different fashions, but we won as a team and that’s the good part,” Hufnagel said Monday.

“We don’t always hit on all cylinders offensively, defensively sometimes we’re on the field too much, special teams we’re not as productive as we’d like to be, but as a team, one phase has been outstanding to allow us to peck out wins. That’s essentially the sign of a good team.”

The Stampeders have worked for their wins with a constantly rotating cast of characters. All CFL teams deal with injuries in a season, but the theme of Calgary’s season so far is resiliency.

The employment of three different starting quarterbacks has been well documented, but the Stampeders have also been forced to cover gaps on the offensive line, at receiver and in the defensive backfield when starters went down.

It begs the question how much better Calgary would be if they weren’t routinely plugging holes in their lineup.

“It’s hard to improve under those conditions,” Hufnagel said. “When you have new people in your lineup, then there’s an adjustment period.

“Our offensive line has been a scramble all year long. I’m hoping that before the season is over we can get our five in there and get a couple games underneath our belt to head into the playoffs.

“Same with our quarterback position. With three different quarterbacks playing, it’s the same playbook, but like I’ve always said, each quarterback brings their own personality.”

Calgary’s 26-22 win over Hamilton combined with

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Red Deer Rebels WHL preseason scoring Final GP G A Pts PIM +/Bleackley 5 3 3 6 2 0 Mpofu 6 2 4 6 8 -1 Volek 4 1 4 5 2 -1 Dieno 2 3 1 4 0 0 Ness 3 2 2 4 7 0 Maxwell 4 1 3 4 0 0 Bellerive 4 2 1 3 2 -2 Fleury 5 1 2 3 10 0 *de Wit 3 0 3 3 6 -1 Pawlenchuk 6 0 3 3 6 -1 Chorney 4 1 1 2 0 1 Fafard 5 1 1 2 21 -1 Lapointe 3 0 2 2 4 -2 *McCarty 1 1 0 1 0 -2 *Burke 2 1 0 1 0 1 Feser 4 1 0 1 0 0 Stockl 4 1 0 1 2 -2 Bear 6 1 0 1 16 -1 Musil 6 1 0 1 2 -3 *Nell 1 0 1 1 2 2 *Strand 1 0 1 1 0 -2 Gaudet 2 0 1 1 0 0 Denham 4 0 1 1 6 -1 Webb 4 0 1 1 0 -1 *Naherniak 1 0 0 0 0 — Boomgaarden 2 0 0 0 6 0 *Mahura 2 0 0 0 8 0 *Morse 2 0 0 0 6 -2 *Shmoorkoff 2 0 0 0 0 -3 Johnson 3 0 0 0 6 0 Millette 3 0 0 0 2 -1 Burman 4 0 0 0 0 — Toth 4 0 0 0 0 — MacLachlan 5 0 0 0 4 -2 Goaltenders MP GA SO GAA Sv% Burman 184 10 0 3.25 .907 Toth 110 11 0 6.01 .874 *Naherniak 29 4 0 8.14 .778 (*Reassigned) 2013-14 Western Hockey League early regularseason schedule (all times local): Thursday, Sept. 19 Swift Current at Regina, 7 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 20 Calgary at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Prince George at Portland, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21 Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Saskatoon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

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

Kamloops at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 22 Prince George at Tri-City, 5:05 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 Tri-City at Portland, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 25 Regina at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 27 Medicine Hat at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 27 Vancouver at Kamloops, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 29 Swift Current at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 30 Kootenay at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Regina, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Spokane at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Portland, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Kamloops at Portland, 7 p.m.

Everett at Prince George, 7 p.m.

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

Lethbridge at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 13 Spokane at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Prince Albert at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 14 Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 2 p.m.

Brandon at Regina, 2 p.m.

Prince George at Victoria, 1:05 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kamloops, 2 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 15 Prince Albert at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 16 Brandon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Portland, 7 p.m.

Lethbridge at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Swift Current at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

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

Thursday, Oct. 17 Saskatoon at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 18 Saskatoon at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Regina, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Portland, 7 p.m.

Everett at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

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

Kamloops at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Prince George at Seattle, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 19 Medicine Hat at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Regina at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

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

Swift Current at Seattle, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

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

Sunday, Oct. 20 Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 3 p.m.

Lethbridge at Calgary, 4 p.m.

Kootenay at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Swift Current at Everett, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 22 Portland at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Swift Current at Tri-City, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 23 Portland at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 24 Moose Jaw at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 25 Portland at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Regina, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

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

Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26 Moose Jaw at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Regina at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Everett at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Seattle, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

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

Lethbridge at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Regina at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Everett at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.

Tri-City at Seattle, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 28 Red Deer at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Regina at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Brandon at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

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

Seattle at Portland, 7 p.m.

Kamloops at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

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

Sunday, Sept. 29 Lethbridge at Edmonton, 4 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 1 Moose Jaw at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday, Oct. 2 Edmonton at Brandon, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Portland, 7 p.m.

Victoria at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 4 Vancouver at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m.

Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m.

Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Portland at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Tri-City at Everett, 7:35 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 5 Red Deer at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Calgary at Kootenay, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Prince George at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Spokane at Everett, 7:05 p.m.

Portland at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 6 Tri-City at Victoria, 1:05 p.m.

Seattle at Kootenay, 6 p.m.

Saskatoon at Regina, 6 p.m.

Tuesday, Oct. 8 Calgary at Medicine Hat, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Prince Albert, 7 p.m.

Everett at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Tri-City at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Kelowna at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 9 Everett at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Kootenay at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 11 Moose Jaw at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

Spokane at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

Prince Albert at Red Deer, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Regina, 7 p.m.

Swift Current at Saskatoon, 7:05 p.m.

Everett at Prince George, 7 p.m.

Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.

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

Lethbridge at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 12 Saskatoon at Brandon, 7:30 p.m.

B6

Florida Washington Ottawa Toronto Philadelphia Boston Detroit New Jersey Columbus Buffalo Montreal Pittsburgh Carolina Tampa Bay NY Islanders NY Rangers

Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore New York Toronto Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

NHL Preseason Eastern Conference GP W L OT GF 2 2 0 0 9 2 2 0 0 8 2 2 0 0 7 2 1 0 1 6 3 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 5 2 0 1 1 7 2 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1

GA 5 6 3 6 10 3 1 1 4 4 11 9 0 0 0 2

Pt 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0

Western Conference GP W L OT GF GA Pt Phoenix 2 2 0 0 9 3 4 St. Louis 1 1 0 0 6 5 2 Edmonton 2 1 0 1 8 8 3 Calgary 3 1 2 0 10 12 2 Dallas 1 0 0 1 5 6 1 Winnipeg 2 0 1 1 4 7 1 Nashville 2 0 1 1 5 9 1 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 2 0 2 0 3 9 0 Note: Two points for a win; one for an overtime or shootout loss; ss—split squad.

Monday’s results Boston 6 Montreal 3 Philadelphia (ss) 3 Toronto 2 (SO) Detroit 4 Pittsburgh 1 Florida (ss) 3 Nashville (ss) 2 (OT) Nashville (ss) 6 Florida (ss) 3 New Jersey 2 N.Y. Rangers 1 Washington 4 Philadelphia (ss) 3 Phoenix at Anaheim, late San Jose at Vancouver, late Ottawa 4 Calgary 2 at Saskatoon

Golf

Canadian Football League EAST DIVISION W L T Pts PF Toronto 7 4 0 14 321 Hamilton 5 6 0 10 288 Montreal 4 7 0 8 259 Winnipeg 2 9 0 4 224 WEST DIVISION W L T Pts PF Calgary 9 2 0 18 346 Saskatchewan 8 3 0 16 354 B.C. 7 4 0 14 301 Edmonton 2 9 0 4 259

PA 288 303 311 333 PA 268 258 280 301

Friday, Sept. 20 Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 21 Montreal vs. Hamilton, 2 p.m. (at Moncton, N.B.) Toronto at Calgary, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 22 B.C. at Saskatchewan, 2:30 p.m.

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 2 0 0 1.000 36

PA 31

Miami Buffalo N.Y. Jets Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

2 1 1 W 2 1 1 0

Baltimore Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cleveland

W 1 1 0 0

Kansas City Denver Oakland San Diego

W 2 2 1 1

0 1 1

0 1.000 0 .500 0 .500 South L T Pct 0 0 1.000 1 0 .500 1 0 .500 2 0 .000 North L T Pct 1 0 .500 1 0 .500 2 0 .000 2 0 .000 West L T Pct 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 1 0 .500 1 0 .500

47 45 28

30 46 30

N.Y. Giants Washington

0 0

PF 61 41 40 11

PA 52 41 39 47

New Orleans Atlanta Tampa Bay Carolina

W 2 1 0 0

PF 41 41 19 16

PA 55 34 36 37

Chicago Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

W 2 1 1 0

PF 45 90 36 61

PA 18 50 30 61

San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Arizona

W 1 1 1 1

NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF Dallas 1 1 0 .500 52 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 63

2 2

0 .000 0 .000 South L T Pct 0 0 1.000 1 0 .500 2 0 .000 2 0 .000 North L T Pct 0 0 1.000 1 0 .500 1 0 .500 2 0 .000 West L T Pct 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.000 1 0 .500 1 0 .500

54 47

77 71

PF 39 48 31 30

PA 31 47 34 36

PF 55 55 66 54

PA 51 49 54 65

PF 34 12 51 49

PA 28 7 55 48

Monday’s Game Pittsburgh 10, Cincinnati 20 PA 48 60

Thursday, Sep. 19 Kansas City at Philadelphia, 6:25 p.m.

PGA-BWM Championship Monday At Lake Forest, Ill. Conway Farms Golf Club Purse—US$8 million Yardage—7,149; Par—71 Final Round Zach Johnson, $1,440,000 Nick Watney, $864,000 Jim Furyk, $544,000 Jason Day, $315,000 Luke Donald, $315,000 Hunter Mahan, $315,000 Steve Stricker, $315,000 Matt Jones, $232,000 Charl Schwartzel, $232,000 Brandt Snedeker, $232,000 Ryan Moore, $176,000 Rory Sabbatini, $176,000 Jimmy Walker, $176,000 Tiger Woods, $176,000 Roberto Castro, $144,000 Keegan Bradley, $132,000 Jordan Spieth, $132,000 Brendon de Jonge, $104,320 Sergio Garcia, $104,320 Billy Horschel, $104,320

64-70-69-65 67-69-70-64 72-59-69-71 71-66-70-66 70-70-67-66 68-73-65-67 66-71-64-72 69-71-67-67 66-70-69-69 63-68-71-72 67-69-69-70 69-71-66-69 72-65-70-68 66-72-66-71 68-69-71-68 74-67-70-66 71-65-73-68 71-68-70-70 70-68-69-72 73-69-71-66

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268 270 271 273 273 273 273 274 274 274 275 275 275 275 276 277 277 279 279 279

GB — 9 12 12 1/2 23 GB — 6 8 22 1/2 28 GB — 7 16 22 1/2 37 1/2

Monday’s Games Detroit 4, Seattle 2 Tampa Bay 6, Texas 2 Cincinnati 6, Houston 1 Kansas City 7, Cleveland 1 Chicago White Sox 12, Minnesota 1 L.A. Angels at Oakland, late Tuesday’s Games N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 10-9) at Toronto (Dickey 1212), 5:07 p.m.

Seattle (Maurer 4-8) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 14-7), 5:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Feldman 5-4) at Boston (Dempster 8-9), 5:10 p.m.

Texas (Ogando 6-4) at Tampa Bay (Hellickson 118), 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 13-6) at Houston (Lyles 7-7), 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 9-5) at Kansas City (Ventura 0-0), 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-12) at Chicago White Sox (Quintana 7-6), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 7-6) at Oakland (Gray 3-3), 8:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Minnesota at Chicago White Sox, 12:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 1:35 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 5:07 p.m.

Seattle at Detroit, 5:08 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 5:10 p.m.

Texas at Tampa Bay, 5:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at Houston, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Kansas City, 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta Washington Philadelphia New York Miami

Tuesday’s games N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, 5 p.m.

Buffalo at Columbus (ss), 5 p.m.

Boston vs. Washington (at Baltimore), 5 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Columbus (ss) at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders (ss) at Calgary (ss), 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders (ss) vs. Calgary (ss) (at Regina), 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Football

Oakland Texas Los Angeles Seattle Houston

American League East Division W L Pct 92 59 .609 82 67 .550 79 70 .530 79 71 .527 68 81 .456 Central Division W L Pct 87 63 .580 81 69 .540 79 71 .527 64 85 .430 59 91 .393 West Division W L Pct 88 61 .591 81 68 .544 72 77 .483 66 84 .440 51 99 .340

Pittsburgh St. Louis Cincinnati Milwaukee Chicago Los Angeles Arizona San Diego San Francisco Colorado

National League East Division W L Pct 89 60 .597 79 70 .530 70 80 .467 67 82 .450 55 95 .367 Central Division W L Pct 87 63 .580 87 63 .580 85 66 .563 66 83 .443 63 87 .420 West Division W L Pct 86 64 .573 76 73 .510 69 80 .463 69 81 .460 69 82 .457

GB — 10 19 1/2 22 34 1/2 GB — — 2 1/2 20 1/2 24 GB — 9 1/2 16 1/2 17 17 1/2

Monday’s Games Philadelphia 12, Miami 2 San Diego 2, Pittsburgh 0 Atlanta at Washington, ppd., local shooting tragedy Milwaukee 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Cincinnati 6, Houston 1 Colorado 6, St. Louis 2 Arizona 2, L.A. Dodgers 1 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (Minor 13-7) at Washington (Haren 9-13), 11:05 a.m., 1st game Atlanta (F.Garcia 1-1) at Washington (Roark 6-0), 5:05 p.m., 2nd game Miami (Flynn 0-1) at Philadelphia (Halladay 3-4), 5:05 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 8-13) at Pittsburgh (Locke 10-5), 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Petit 3-0) at N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 7-5), 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 8-12) at Milwaukee (Estrada 6-4), 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Leake 13-6) at Houston (Lyles 7-7), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Kelly 8-4) at Colorado (Nicasio 8-7), 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 14-3) at Arizona (Corbin 146), 7:40 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Miami at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

San Diego at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Mets, 5:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 6:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.

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Saturday

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Zach Johnson is having a September to remember, and there’s still one very big week to go.

In one tournament, he made a 25-foot birdie putt on his final hole to earn the last spot on the Presidents Cup team.

In the next one, Johnson made a bunch of big putts in the final round of the rain-delayed BMW Championship for a 6-under 65 for a two-shot victory over Nick Watney.

His win Monday at Conway Farms gave Johnson the No. 4 seed going into Tour Championship, giving him a clear shot at the FedEx Cup and its $10 million prize.

“It’s hard to grasp the last two weeks of golf,” Johnson said. “It’s not like you have to win every week to win that FedEx Cup. You’ve just got to win at the right times, or play well at the right times.”

Johnson’s 10th career win came at the expense of Jim Furyk, who endured another dose of final-round disappointment. Furyk, who had a

one-shot lead, has failed to win the last six times he had at least a share of the lead going into the last round. He holed a 12-foot birdie putt at No. 10 to build a two-shot lead, but played the last eight holes in 2-over and wound up with a 71 to finish alone in third.

Furyk had to settle for slice of history Friday as the sixth player in PGA Tour history with a 59.

Only three players in that exclusive club went on to win — Al Geiberger is the only player to win when the 59 was not in the final round.

“I don’t know if I used them all up on Friday and knocked them all in or what, but I just wasn’t able to get the putts to go,” Furyk said.

Luke Donald, a member at Conway Farms, was No. 54 in the FedEx Cup and was on the verge of being left out of the top 30 players who advanced to the Tour Championship. He ran off four straight birdies on the back nine, atoned for a bogey on No. 16 with a birdie on the 17th, and then saved par from a bunker on the 18th hole for a 66 to tie for fourth. That moved him

up to No. 29 to get him into East Lake.

Watney was at No. 34, and he went from playing his way into the top 30 to nearly winning the tournament. Watney closed with a 64 and was tied for the lead until Johnson made an 18-foot birdie putt out of the first cut on the 16th hole, and a 12-footer for birdie on the next hole.

The FedEx Cup points will be reset, meaning the top five only have to win the Tour Championship to capture the cup.

Tiger Woods will be the No. 1 seed, though he doesn’t go there with much momentum. Woods started the final round in cool, breezy conditions just four shots behind and was never a factor after missing a short par putt on the opening hole.

He closed with a 71 and tied for 11th, seven shots behind.

Henrik Stenson, a winner in Boston and angry enough in Chicago that he snapped off the head of his driver during the final round, will be the No. 2 seed at East Lake, followed by Masters champion Adam Scott, Johnson and Matt Kuchar.

The off-season is the best time to spend working on your game If you do not have it by now then Having said that, the winter months there is always next year! are coming up and your clubs will be I personally do not look at it this going in the closest until next year. Beway but some of you might. In golf lieve it or not, the off season is the best there is always tomorrow. But as we time to spend working on your game. near the end of the golf season, the How so you ask? First of all, there are courses will soon close their doors and many things that you can do to improve there will be no tomorrow. The only your playability without even hitting a thing many of us will have to look for- golf ball. ward to will be next year.

The first step is to unOf course, now that the derstand what your body golf season is slowly coming can and can not do. This to an end, other activities can come in the form of a will begin to occupy your physical assessment of time. Some of you will dive your body’s physical limiinto the winter schedules tations. A program called of your children’s sportTPI (Titleist Performance ing activities, others will Program) completes a full become weekend warriors physical assessment of your cheering for their favourite body’s muscular and skelsports teams, while others etal system which isolates will simply hibernate and specific muscles and joints attempt to stay warm while that have strength, flexibilSCOTT wishing the cold months to ity and mobility limitations.

BERGDAHL disappear.

From here a specific six or Not so quick — the golf eight week exercise proINSTRUCTION season is not over yet. We gram is designed that works have had an incredible run specifically on developing of sunny days for well over a month these areas of concern. The best part now. As a matter of fact, I do not re- of this program is it is designed specifmember in recent years a late summer ically to develop the areas of the body being this nice. It does not appear to that causes most of the swing flaws. be over yet as the forecast is for at Living in Alberta during the winter least another two weeks of average months does have some drawbacks if temperatures and sunny days. There- you are so inclined to hit balls. Therefore, the season is far from being over. fore one does have to be a little creOver the past four months I have ative when it comes to developing his/ written articles that have covered her golf swing over the winter months. many different topics. The attempt this Static swing drills is another good way season was to discuss various swing to make changes to your golf swing, flaws and the likely cause of those therefore making it more efficient. swing flaws. Some of these included There are many different swing drills the hip sway and slide, early extension that one can perform indoors that do and lifting your head, to name a few. Of not involve swinging a golf club or course not all golfers suffer from each even hitting a golf ball. Performing and every one of these swing flaws, but these drills is best done in front of most players can call at least one of a full length mirror so that you can them their own. In other words, we all watch yourself while performing the have swing flaws and understanding movement. what those swing flaws are is the first The visual feedback that you restep to eliminating them. ceive standing in front of a mirror goes This of course is where golf les- a long way to assisting you in making sons come into play. Most of us need the necessary changes to improved moa trained eye to assist in understand- tion. ing what our swing flaws are, how to There are a few locations in town fix them and of course in what order that you can hit balls indoors if you they need to be repaired. Identifying have that need to make contact over the swing flaw is only the first step. the winter months. Searching them out Developing the sequential motion of and spending some time working on your swing in a systematic order be- your swing (assuming you are working comes extremely critical to improved on the correct areas that need to be ball contact and can not be underesti- improved) can go a long way to develmated. oping your swing.

Educating yourself is the first step Finally, there are some indoor proto improving your golf game. You get grams that you can be involved in that out of it what you put into it. This are designed to assist in developing phrase says it all. As a matter of fact, your swing motion. These are generI believe if you check your memory ally designed to give you swing drills banks, you have likely been told that that make your swing motion more effiby your parents many years ago and cient. It is amazing how quickly a playare likely telling your children that er’s golf swing becomes more efficient as we speak. You can take what you without even hitting a golf ball. These want out of life and golf is no different. programs generally run for four to six In other words, if you believe you can, weeks and are a great way to assist in you will. the preparation for the upcoming golf Golf is a unique and intriguing season. game. In many ways it is no different Insanity is defined as doing the than the game of life. If you believe in same thing over and over again while yourself, have vision, set goals, edu- expecting different results. If you truly cate yourself and are willing to work want to improve your golf game then for it and of course never loose faith, you must start making some changes. then you will achieve all the success Those changes do not have to wait for that you had ever hoped for. Golf has next year, they can start right away. no boundaries or limitations and you Align yourself with a good CPGA golf can achieve whatever it is you set your instructor and discuss designing a plan mind to do. over the winter months that will assist I guess this is why golf is such an you in achieving your goals. Working attractive game. No matter what your hard over the winter months will allow age, your gender, physical ability and/ you to hit the 2014 golf season running. or even your physical limitations, you Have a great winter and look forcan achieve the goals you set for your- ward to seeing you next year. self. You just have to work hard to sucScott Bergdahl is the head professional ceed. at Lakewood Golf Resort

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Cougars finish fourth at boys volleyball tourney

Nesbitt takes x-country women’s open Former RDC star Jodi Nesbitt (nee Sanguin) captured the five-kilometre women’s open/Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference cross-country race at the annual Hunting Hills Lightning invitational meet at River Bend Saturday.

Nesbitt finished in 19 minutes 11 seconds, with open runner Shari Boyle second at 19:50 and Marriya Jenkins of Concordia University College of Edmonton third at 20 minutes.

Jenkins led the ACAC runners with Lesley Koopman of Grant MacEwan University fourth overall and second in the college division at 20:01. RDC’s Jordanna Cota placed 13th overall and

The Notre Dame Cougars placed fourth out of 32 teams at the University of Alberta Fog invitational boys’ volleyball tournament during the weekend.

The Cougars, who were ranked 15th going into the tournament, defeated the second-ranked Jasper Place Rebels of Edmonton in pool play to advance to the Tier I playoffs.

The Cougars reached to the semifinals with a straight set win in the quarter-finals, but dropped a tough 2325, 25-23, 16-18 decision to third-ranked Edmonton Strathcona Lords.

The Cougars then lost 23-25, 25-14, 12-15 to top-ranked Harry Ainlay Titans of Edmonton in the bronze medal game.

Daimyn Biletsky was named the team’s MVP.

Eskimos feel pressure to keep on winning THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The Edmonton Eskimos enjoyed a brief moment in the sun following just their second win of the season Saturday over Winnipeg. Then they were back on the field Monday with the realization that the victory might mean more pressure than relief.

“If we lose the rest of the season this one win means nothing,” said defensive end Odell Willis.

“We have a long way to go and we still have to put things together and keep climbing.”

The 25-7 win snapped an eight-game losing streak and had the 2-9 Edmonton players thinking of the playoffs. After Montreal lost to the B.C. Lions on the weekend the Alouettes, third in the CFL Eastern Division, are just two wins ahead of the Eskimos in a cross-over scenario.

The key now, said defensive back T.J. Hill, is to build momentum and follow up with a repeat performance Friday in Winnipeg in the rematch with the 2-9 Blue Bombers.

“We know this game is going to be even harder,” Hill said. “It’s tough to beat a team twice, let alone two times in a row, week to week. We know it’s going to be difficult going into a hostile environment and they’re

going to try to redeem themselves. We definitely have to be prepared mentally and physically.”

Hill, second on the Eskimos in tackles with 51, said the win at home will give the team some momentum heading to Winnipeg. More than anything, however, there was a huge sigh of relief among the Eskimos.

“Oh, definitely, it was a long time coming since we had a win,” Hill said.

“There was that enjoyment of a win after the game. Any time you have a win, even when you do some things wrong, there’s a feeling of relief, but we know we still have to improve, get better.”

That’s not always easy.

The feeling after a loss is that you have to work harder and improve, but after a win there can be a false sense that you don’t have to get any better. So now the pressure is on the Eskimos to find a way to win back-toback games.

The Bombers came into Edmonton on a high after upsetting the No. 1 ranked Saskatchewan Roughriders but found out quickly that they couldn’t maintain the same intensity against the Eskimos. Hill said the key to consistency is in extra preparation.

“You try to dig a little deeper and go a little harder,” he said. “The same preparation but

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just put a little extra into it, try to go that extra six inches, that extra weight in the weight room, extra five or 10 minutes in the meeting room, extra couple of reps in practice.

Same preparation but just extend it a bit more.

That way you better yourself in all aspects, mentally and physically.”

Willis said it was business as usual after the win, but he’s on the defence that has been much better than the offence all season. The Esks defence has given up just 29 points in the last two games and has 12 quarterback sacks in the last three.

“That’s the expectation we have for this D line and the defence,” said Willis, who is tied for the team lead with five sacks and two forced fumbles. “It took a while to jell and get it going, but now that it’s going I expect nothing less from me or the rest of the D line.”

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 B7 sixth among ACAC runners at 21:22.

Emily Maplethorpe was 27th (11th among ACAC runners) at 23:05 while Robyn Hebert was 35th (17th) at 23:41, Anna Duda 38th (18th) at 23:51 and Samantha Debree 20th (19th) at 23:57.

Catherine Alcorn placed 42nd (20th) at 24:12, Laura Friesen 45th (23rd) at 24:23, Sidney Moss 55th (31st) at 26:13 and Nicole Wilson 65th (40th) at 28:50.

GMU won the team event with 31 MEDICINE HAT — Eight Red Deer points while Lethbridge had 40 and BMX Club riders finished first in the RDC 52.

Meanwhile on the men’s side, RDC’s Alberta BMX Series following the Devin Woodland was 12th overall and Grand Final races Saturday.

Ryland Goulding, Royce Redbear, fourth among ACAC runners with a Ty Redbear, Taye Neish and Cody time of 26:22 in the 7.5km race.

Edwin Kitany of Lethbridge was Pratt, in the cruiser class, all finished first in the Series and struck gold at first overall at 24:03 with open runner the Grand Final. Annika Ricalton, who Willy Kimosop at 24:18 and Clifford Childs, also an open runner, at 24:57. had no ranking in the Alberta Series, Former RDC runner and Hunting Hills also won gold Saturday. grad, Kevin McDonald was seventh Ryan Raymont, who won silver Satoverall at 25:46. urday, Lindsay Hall, who was fourth, Noah Arychuk of RDC was 33rd and Molly Simpson, who placed sevoverall (ninth) at 28:05, Tyler Nelson enth, were also champions in the Al69th (31st) at 33:34 and Kevin Buckel berta Series, which consisted of six 92nd (48th) at 51:10. races.

Lethbridge won the team title with Cody Pratt (second in the Series), 24 points while GMU had 39 and SAIT Montanna Beattie (third) and Eden 61. RDC was fifth with 92 points.

Price ((no ranking) struck silver SaturThe next ACAC Grand Prix race is day.

Saturday at SAIT with races Oct, 5 in Olivia Rush (NR), Devon Murf- Edmonton, hosted by Concordia, and itt (third), Eric Hunter (third), Ryson Oct. 12 in Camrose. The ACAC champiWakaluk (third), Nicolas Hammer onships are Oct. 26 in Edmonton, also (third), Coleman Komula (third) and hosted by Concordia, with the CanaPeter Snape (third in cruiser) all won dian championships Nov. 9 in Toronto. bronze.

The Athletics Canada junior and seJames Sekora, who was fourth Sat- nior cross-country championships goes urday, placed third in the Series.

Nov. 30 in Vancouver. Nesbitt and Cota Jordan Boone and Owen Green fin- will compete in the championships ished fourth in the Series while Austin along with a number of the top high McLeod, Zachary Repp, Shayne Hall, school runners in the Central Alberta.

Austin Trohan and Cole Malcolm were fifth.

The club will compete in the Alberta provincial bicycle championships this weekend.

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Always missed forever SANDERSON Mom Laurie, Maria Elina Sandra, and family.

Maria Elina Sanderson went peacefully to be with her Lord MORELLI, FAYE and Savior on the 15th of Jan. 10, 1935 - Sept. 17, 1993 September 2013. Elina was a Twenty years ago, our dear joyful Christian and a loving mother left us. We have example to her family and struggled with her quick many friends. She was born passing. We have never on September 11, 1917 to forgotten her motherly Juho (John) and Pieta Taskila teachings and use them in Geyser, Montana. Elina dearly as parents of the married Henry Sanderson May young grandsons she left 24, 1942 in Red Deer. She is behind, who now, are men. survived by her daughter Fay We can now laugh and smile (Ed) Schatschneider; her remembering all of her grandchildren, Teresa (Dave) favorites when before we Lynn, Trever (Kristin) and couldn’t. Our mother is with Adele; her great grandchildren, us for all our eternities.

Cody and Amanda; son-in-law Thank you to our saint George (Teri) Whaley. She is Francis, who has been here also survived by sister Eleanor through all the tears and Hubl; sister-in-laws Lil Low many years of continuing to and Helen Taskila; a special keep us all very close. niece Mary (Harvey) Linnell Roxanne, Toni, Trudy and and a close family of nieces Vince. and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband Henry and her daughter Barbara Whaley.

Contributions in memory of Elina Births may be directed to Stephen Ministry, Mt. Calvary Lutheran RATZKE Church, 18 Selkirk Boulevard, Jeff and Laura and proud big Red Deer, Alberta T4N 0G2 sister Julieanne are pleased o r a c h a r i t y o f y o u r to announce the birth of choice. Condolences may be Charlotte Faith on August 27, forwarded to the family at 2013 weighing 7 lbs. 8 ozs. www.reddeerfuneralhome.com.

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MUDDLE 1949 - 2013 Mary Jane Muddle (nee Vert), a passionate world traveler, embarked on her final journey in the morning of Thursday, September 12, 2013 after a 7 year battle with cancer.

Mary is survived by her loving husband David Muddle; daughter Noreen (Zane) Jaden; son Scott (Jackie) Muddle and grandsons Chase and Carson Muddle. A “Bon Voyage Party” for Mary will be held at the CrossRoads Church, located at the SW Corner of 32 Street and Highway 2, Red Deer, Alberta on Friday, September 20, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. Those wishing to pay their respects may do so from 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

Memorial donations in Mary’s honor may be made directly to the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation, 2888 Shaganappi Trail NW, Calgary AB T3B 6A8 or to CrossRoads Church, 38105 - Range Rd 275, Red Deer County AB T4S 2N4. Condolences to Mary’s family may be emailed to meaningfulmemorials@yahoo.ca Bruce MacArthur MEANINGFUL MEMORIALS Funeral Service Red Deer 587-876-4944

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Join us at the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame on Sat. Sept. 21st from 11am - 3pm for our 100th Birthday Celebration!

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In Loving Memory of DON HENGSTLER 1960 - 1988

COMPTON Frederick Jan. 31, 1946-Aug. 22, 2013 We are saddened by his passing. He was born and grew up in Englee, Nfld.

Schooled at Fishers College and joined the Canadian Armed Forces. He was stationed in Goose Bay, then posted to CFB, Gimli, Man., where he met Jane and married in Kapuskasing while posted in CFS, Lowther, Ont. In 1972 then transferred to CFS Gander, Nfld. In 1974 he transferred to CFB Penhold until 1976 where he was posted to McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, California as exchange NORAD personnel until 1978. His last posting was CFB Calgary and moved to Red Deer. His oil patch jobs started in 1978.

“Fast Freddie” as he was known graduated from SAIT in 1985. He worked for various oil companies as a consultant for servicing oil rigs until his passing. He was predeceased by his daughter Jessica Jane and father Luke. He left to mourn, his sons Jason and Jared and their mother Jane, his beloved grandchildren, Calla Jessica and William Crispin, his bride Irina, mother Stella, sisters Ruth (Garland), Maud (Carl), Mona (Charles), Loretta (Eric), Iris (Kevin), Phyllis(Randy), Evelyn (Ron), and Selma, brothers Earl (Anita), Eric (Patricia), Baxter (Sylvie), Dennis, numerous nieces and nephews. A Celebration of his life was held Sunday, August 25. Red Deer Funeral Home & Crematorium. Internment will be held in Bide Arm, Nfld. at a later date. Condolences can be forwarded to: jareddjcompton@hotmail.com We would like to thank all family members and friends for their help, presence flowers, and sympathy cards.

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URS FLINT TUBULAR MANAGEMENT SERVICES requires Tubing Inspection operator, manual lathe operator, and Shop & Yard Laborers. Exp. an asset but will train to suit.

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IRIS is expanding and we are looking for an outgoing, energetic Optician in our Red Deer location. We will also consider training applicants as opticians provided they possess sales experience and can demonstrate enthusiasm and passion for what they do in their work and community. Also greet customers, book appointments & various other tasks.

CHILES SANDBLASTING & PAINTING REQ’S I Labourer & 1 Prepper, exp. would be an asset, must have own transportation. Wage is $15 - $18/hr.

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Req’s a 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 STUCCO PLASTERERS & LABOURERS. Needed Immed. Exp’d but will train.

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NEEDED F/T Service Person for after sales service and set up of manufactured and modular home. Must have exp. in roofing, siding, flooring, drywall, paint etc., Competitive wages and health plan avail. Apply to James at M & K Homes, 403-346-6116

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Vehicle required.

Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829

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F/T TRUCK drivers req’d.

Minimum Class 5 with air and clean abstract. Exp. preferred. In person to Key Towing 4083-78 St. Cres.

Red Deer.

NEED experienced Class 1 drivers for short and long haul. Part time weekdays.

Runs AB., SASK, Manitoba & BC. Please call PROMAX TRANSPORT at 227-2712 or fax resume w/abstract 403-227-2743

ONLY 4 DAYS A WEEK

in MOUNTVIEW AREA 44A Ave. & 35 St. Area $237/mo.

ALSO Spruce Drive & Springbett Dr. AND 43A Ave. between 37 St. & 39 St. and 43 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. $180/mo ALSO 42 Ave. between 35 St. & 39 St. AND 41 Ave.between 35 & 28 St, $196/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.

CLEARVIEW RIDGE AREA Crossley St., Connaught Cres. & Cooper Close area $192/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306

Spanky’s Transit Mix

Busy Local Plumbing Company is currently hiring. Residential experience an asset.

Comp wages and group benefits. Email your resume to kafonda@telus. net or fax (403)887-2208.

is looking for concrete truck drivers. Call Gary 403-396-5993

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Academic Express

ADULT CARRIERS NEEDED For delivery of the morning ADVOCATE in Red Deer, by 6:30 a.m. 6 days/wk (Reliable vehicle needed) CLEARVIEW AREA Carroll Cres. & Chappel Dr. area $519/mo

MICHENER AREA 134 Papers $793/mo.

Call Jamie 403-314-4306 for more information

Daytime, Evening, FT & PT Shifts Available

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

in GLENDALE

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Women in Trades Math and Science in the Trades • GED preparation Gov’t of Alberta Funding may be available.

403-340-1930 www.academicexpress.ca BRAD’S PALLETS, looking for pallet Builders, Payday every Fri. Must have own transportation. 350-4671 BUSY lube shop in Camrose, AB. seeking exp’d manager, exc. wages and benefits 780-678-0539 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds Buying or Selling your home?

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

Gilbert Cres. & Glendale Blvd.

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

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WEEKEND dispatchers req’d. immediately.

Knowledge of Red Deer essential. Will require good verbal and written communication skills. Fax resume to 403-346-0295

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

WESCLEAN - Red Deer SHIPPER/ RECEIVER / INSIDE SALES req’d.

Competitive wages, full benefits, forkilft exp. preferred. Dangerous goods exp. preferred.

Familiar with shipping/ receiving procedures.

Able to lift 30-60 lbs.

Basic computer skills an asset. Must have a good personality and easy to work with .

Drop resume off at # 7, 7973 49 AVE. or email to: mdoll@wesclean.com or fax to 403-347-8803

Packages come ready for delivery.

No collecting.

Abbott Close Allan St. Allan Close INGLEWOOD AREA Isherwood Close Inglis Cres.

Iverson Close LANCASTER AREA

Contact Quitcy at 403-314-4316

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

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For afternoon delivery once per week

Long lose Law Close/ Lewis Close Langford Cres.

Addington Drive

CLASSIFICATIONS

In the towns of:

1500-1990

Blackfalds Lacombe Ponoka Stettler

SUNNYBROOK AREA Sherwood Cres./ Stanhope Ave.

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INNISFAIL

ANDERS AREA

Clothing

EquipmentHeavy

Visser St. Vanson Close

NEWSPAPER CARRIERS REQUIRED

Call Prodie @ 403- 314-4301 for more info ********************** TO ORDER HOME DELIVERY OF THE ADVOCATE CALL OUR CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT 314-4300

To deliver 1 day a week in OLDS Please call Debbie at 403-314-4307 Precast Concrete Plant in Blackfalds, AB, is looking for new team members to join an enthusiastic and rapidly expanding company.

Perfect for anyone looking to make some extra $.

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

Red Deer Public School District requires an Information Technology Assistant at Hunting Hills High School. For more information visit our website at www.rdpsd.ab.ca

Delivery is 4 times per week, no collecting.

Currently seeking RELIABLE newspaper carriers for morning delivery in WESTPARK & WESTLAKE AREAS

SHOP HELPER required for busy HVAC company.

E-MAIL resume to: info@ comfortecheating.com or fax: 403-309-8302 SWAMPERS F/T needed immediately for a fast growing waste & recycling company.

Heavy lifting involved (driver’s helper) position.

Reliability essential. Own transportation required.

Please email resumes to canpak@xplornet.ca

Please call Quitcy at 403-314-4316

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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

Employment Training

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

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General labourers

WESTPARK AREA

1630

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

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.

Currently seeking reliable newspaper carrier for the

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SWEATERS, (approx. 300) from Peru. All colors, sz.

0 - 8, all unique. wholesale price $21. ea. Easily sold at $39. ea. 403-845-3501

Call Rick for more info 403-314-4303

VANIER AREA

EASTVIEW AREA 108 Papers $578/mo.

ADULT EDUCATION AND TRAINING

FALL START

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BOWER AREA

CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

PLUMBING APPRENTICES WANTED

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

880

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

Maintenance Foreman

Truckers/ Drivers

DELIVERY DRIVERS

Oilfield

PROVIDENCE Trucking Inc

Required Immediately The largest after market parts distributor in Canada is seeking a H.D. Parts person to join our experienced team in Red Deer.

This individual would require basic knowledge of the heavy-duty truck and trailer market with excellent knowledge of truck and trailer brake and suspension parts.

The individual would have to be able to work unsupervised in a fast paced environment. They should also possess TRUE POWER ELECTRIC customer service skills that Requires would be used daily by phone and for walk in clients.

QUALIFIED This position offers above JOURNEYMAN average salary and is a full time position. We offer 2rd and 4th yr. complete benefit package ELECTRICIANS along with pension plan.

Please forward your With Residential roughin resume to: exp. Competitive wages Traction Heavy Duty & benefits.

8045 Edgar Industrial Fax resume to: Crescent 403-314-5599 Red Deer Ab T4P 3R2 WATER WELL DRILLING OR FAX 403-342-7377 Email: jwojtaczka@uapinc.com COMPANY IN BENTLEY REQ’S EXPERIENCED JOURNEYMAN H.D. WATER WELL MECHANIC req’d immed. for very busy heavy equip. DRILLERS HELPER with class 3, air. All safety sales lot in Innisfail. tickets required.

Wage range $25. - $35/hr Meal and Accommodation depending on exp. provided when out of town.

Preference will be given Fax resume with drivers to those with previous abstract: 403-748-3015 equipment rental service, lifts and off road Western Masonry construction equipment Structures experience. Fax resume to 403-227-5701 or email: F/T bricklayers, Stone Layers & laborers. Must have own bouvier9@telus.net transportation. Fax resume to 403-340-0762 MECHANICS req’d for or email resume to busy transmission shop.

Allison Transmissions exp. tom@westernmasonry.com an asset but will train.

Looking for a place Exc. wages and benefits to live? available. Fax resume to: Take a tour through the 403-885-2556 CLASSIFIEDS

KFC requires

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

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F/T exp. Japanese cook or kitchen helper. Blackfalds Email resume to: njk907@yahoo.co.kr

850

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.

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

ARROW ARC WELDING is looking for WELDING APPRENTICE LOCATED BY Gull Lake.

Phone Brian 403-318-6760

OPTICIAN

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SCROLL Saw, 16” variable speed. Model #55-6721.

Hardly used. $100.

403-343-2419 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

Farmers' Market

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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 Central Alberta’s Largest Car Lot in Classifieds

Firewood

1660

AFFORDABLE

Homestead Firewood 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 SPLIT Dry Firewood. Delivery avail (403)845-8989

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Health Care Aide Medical Office Assistant Health Unit Coordinator Veterinary Administrative Assistant Dental Administrative Assistant and more!

Financial Assistance available to qualified applicants.

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Restaurant/ Hotel

Call Joanne 403-314-4308 info F/T sales and customer service associate, bilingual French/English an asset.

Hourly wage plus benefits. email: careers@buyairsoft.ca

LOOKING for laborers and flaggers for road construction. Fax 403-309-0489

Call Today (403) 347-6676 2965 Bremner Avenue, Red Deer

800

www.trican.ca

QUEENS DINER REQ’S P/T DISHWASHER Hours are Mon.- Fri. 6:30-4 & Sat. 8-2:30 pm Drop off resume any time after 1 & before 4, Mon-Fri. 34 Burnt Basin St, Red Deer Fax: 403-347-2925 email: accuracyonlineoffice @gmail.com

NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

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THE RUSTY PELICAN is now accepting resumes for a well experienced F/T BARTENDER. GOOD WAGES. Must have Ref’s & Exp. Apply within: 2079-50 Ave. 2-4 pm. Mon.-Fri. Fax 403-347-1161 Phone calls WILL NOT be accepted.

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B10 RED DEER ADVOCATE Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013

Ship taken from reef but operation had delays

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy — Using a vast system of steel cables and pulleys, maritime engineers on Monday gingerly winched the massive hull of the Costa Concordia off the reef where the cruise ship capsized near an Italian island in January 2012 and were poised to set it upright in the middle of the night.

After 15 hours of slower-than-expected progress in pulling the heavily listing luxury liner to an upright position, engineers said they finally hit the tipping point they eagerly were awaiting.

Shortly before midnight, the Concordia was raised by 25 degrees — after that, engineers said, the effect of gravity started giving the rotation a boost.

Then engineers quit operating the pulleys, and by using remote controls, carefully began opening valves to let seawater start filling huge ballast tanks that had been welded onto the already exposed side. The weight of the water in the tanks helped pull the cruise liner up much faster.

“We’re in the final phase of rotation,” said Franco Gabrielli, the Italian government official who is overseeing the operation. “We have passed the 24 degree mark and now are filling the tanks with water,” he told journalists early Tuesday.

Originally, engineers had been confident complete rotation might take as little as 10 hours, and be reached by

Garden Supplies

1680

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

John 403-350-6439.

Household Furnishings

1720

2 CHESTERFIELDS to give away. Call Joe 403-347-3094 2 SMALL white cabinets, can be used as end tables/ printer stands $15/ea. or 2/$25; approx. 10 office room dividers 4’ x 6’, $50/all; antique couch and chair, blue & gold $175 offers 780-884-5441 5 YR. old table w/8 chairs and china cabinet $1000 403-596-3532 BUNK Bed, single & dble. wooden w/mattresses; $750; Entertainment unit, $300. 403-896-9416 CHAIRS, 2 large comfy chairs with ottomans.

Beige. FREE! 403-896-9416 COUCH, brown IKEA. Corner model. FREE! 403-896-9416

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

Stereos TV's, VCRs

1730

PANASONIC, T.V., older model. 35``. Works well.

FREE! 403-887-1849

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KITCHEN sink with taps and spray hose $35; 2 suitcases $15; Royal Thai bronze silverware in wooden case $50; 12 tumblers $10; 14 tumblers $10; canvas cooler with pockets, like new $10; clothes hangers $3 403-358-5247 PLAZMA 14000 BTU portable air conditioner, very good cond. pd. $600.

Asking $300.

403-347-6466 SHELVING unit, 5 shelves $50; filing cabinet, 4 drawers legal size, $20.

403-347-6466

Cats

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SIAMESE (1), (1) Balinese (3) BURMAN kittens. $40/ea.

403-887-3649

Dogs

1840

F1 & F1B LABRA DOODLES & GOLDEN DOODLE puppies. Visit www.furfettishfarm.ca text 306-521-1371 or call 403-919-1370

BENJAMIN MOORE, deck & siding stain, ext. wood.

Natural color, Alkyd semi transparent. 3 cans, 3.79 L ea. $48. each.

403-346-7825 BENJAMIN MOORE, Moore style, int. acrylic latex pearl, medium base paint. 1 can 3.67 L, color HC-1 Castleton Mist. $48.

403-346-7825 CANNING apparatus with cans supplied. $15.

403-346-5246 ELECTRIC Model Char Broil round BBQ grill on 36” stand on wheels, like n e w, i d e a l f o r c o n d o $60 403-340-8199 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 KIDDER slalom ski $50; snow machine helmet/heated shield $20; 8” hand ice auger $35; Weber electric paint sprayer, brand new $40 403-597-6580

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CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Livestock

2100

2 LAYING HENS, $15. ea.

403-346-7825

Horses

2140

WANTED: all types of horses. Processing locally in Lacombe weekly.

403-651-5912

2190

TIMOTHY & Brome square bales, great for horses, approx. 60 lbs. put up dry and covered, $5/bale Sylvan area. 403-887-2798

rentals

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CLASSIFICATIONS

FOR RENT • 3000-3200 WANTED • 3250-3390

Houses/ Duplexes

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3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 40 tenants.

No pets. Off street parking for 3 vehicles. Rent $1600, D.D. $1600. 403-341-4627 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

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Newly Reno’d Mobile

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Sporting Goods

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Grain, Feed Hay

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8 DOZEN canning jars + accessories $50 403-598-5576

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early evening Monday. But the timetable quickly went off plan.

First, an unpredicted early morning thunderstorm pushed back the start time. Then the wreck resisted for three hours before it allowed itself to be wrested off the jagged rocks that were embedded into one side of the hull after the Concordia had hit another reef close to Giglio Island’s coastline, took on water through a 70-metre-long gash, and eventually capsized a few hundred metres away onto another reef.

There it lay on its side until Monday’s daring engineering operation pulled it free.

“Things are going like they should, but on a timetable that is dragging out,” Gabrielli chief of Italy’s Civil Protection Agency, said earlier on Monday.

Helping the effort is an underwater laser scanner developed by Waterloo, Ont., based technology firm 2G Robotics. Chief executive Jason Gillham said the equipment is being aimed at the side of the cruise ship crushed up against the rocks to capture a 3D image that will aid efforts to attach flotation devices called sponsons to raise the Concordia.

“It’s absolutely critical that these sponsons are attached with a high degree of precision,” said Gillham, whose company employs less than 10 people.

“2G Robotics is able to provide that high level of detail in terms of what damage has taken place to the starboard side of the ship so that the engineers can determine how best to attach

BLACKFALDS new high end, main flr, dbl. front garage 3 bdrm. 2 bath, granite, 6 appls, n/s, no pets, adults, $1750 + utils.

Oct. 1. 403-986-4119

INGLEWOOD, 187B Isherwood Cl. Quite lower unit 1/2 duplex. Upgraded exec.

Celebrate your life style. $1100 + utils. 2 with a Classified bdrm. 6 appls. $500 d.d.

ANNOUNCEMENT Fenced, 2 car off-street parking pad. N/S, no pets.

GOLF CLUBS, Precision Ground level enclosed $25. 403-347-6466 entrance.Oct. 1. Call Laura RENTED LADIES set of golf clubs Slazenger Dynasty Pro NEWLY refinished 3 bdrm. model $150 403-598-5576 duplex, fenced yard, close to schools, avail. Sept. 17, $1200 + utils, Sylvan Lake Travel 780-887-4430

FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225 Looking for a new pet?

Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

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Suites

3060

1 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. Ph: 403-341-4627

MORRISROE MANOR

1 & 2 bdrm., Avail. immed.

Adult bldg. N/S No pets 403-755-9852

NOW RENTING 1 BDRM. APT’S. 2936 50th AVE. Red Deer Newer bldg. secure entry w/onsite manager, 5 appls., incl. heat & hot water, washer/dryer hookup, infloor heating, a/c., car plug ins & balconies.

Call 403-343-7955

QUIET LOCATION 1 & 2 bdrm. adult bldg.

Heat/water/parking incl.

Call 403-342-2899

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Condos/ Townhouses

Sale Site: Montgomery Auction Sales Centre 1 Mile North of Blackfalds, Alberta, 2 miles East on Lakeside Sargent Road

Saturday, Sept. 21, 2012 @ 10:00 am ANTIQUE TRACTOR 1947 Ford 8N Tractor ANTIQUE VEHICLES 1947 Willy’s Military Jeep, 1929 Mercedes Kit Car Convertible VEHICLES & TRAILER 1979 Ford 150 Custom Truck, 1978 Ford Lincoln Mark V 2 Dr. ANTIQUE GAS PUMP & ACCESSORIES 1930 Red Head Single Glass Top Service Station Gas Pump - 10 Gallon w/Hose & Nozzle & Red Head Metal Globe, Red Dead Decals & Replacement Stickers Large Selection of Antiques & Vintage Items, Vintage Camera, Recording & Projecting Equipment, Case Eagle, Yamaha Scooter, JD X300 Lawn Tractor, Tools & Misc. Items.

Also Selling Commercial Janitorial Equipment Dispersal, Building Supplies, Lumber, Storage Canopies, Party & Marquee Event Tents, Workbench & Toolbox, Shop & Wood Working Tools, Pool Table, ATV Trailer & Misc.

Viewing: Friday September 20th - 9AM-4PM Removal: By Wednesday September 25th @ 3 PM 10% Buyers Fee Subject to Additions & Deletions Cash/Cheque w/Bank Letter of Credit/C/Card Lunch Available

Auctioneers & Sales Management DON MONTGOMERY ICCA Auctioneer 403-885-5149 • 1-800-371-6963 Box 939, Blackfalds, AB

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LARGE 2 BEDROOM CONDO

Building located on a quiet close backing onto treed area. Comes with Dishwasher and large storage room. A short walk to schools and Parks.

Just $995/month. Heat and Water included. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554.

Hearthstone 403-314-0099.

Modern, Stylish, Spacious 2 Bdrm.

This home offers space and style with designer colors and finishings, cathedral ceilings upstairs, 9ft ceilings downstairs and very functional floor plan.

At just $1250/month this is the home you have been looking for. Call Lucie at 403-396-9554 to take a look. Hearthstone 403-314-0099.

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

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Realtors & Services

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3190

MOBILE HOME PAD, in Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 2 car park, Shaw cable incl.

Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

Houses/ Duplexes

3260

Looking for a 3 bdrm. home.

Allows dogs, cat and 3 children. Need a place by the end of the month.

Call Victoria 403-864-2411 Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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

Houses For Sale

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Awesome New Home

Open concept floor plan, 4 stainless steel appliances, great location in Timberstone close to many amenities. $314,806.

Chris 403.392.7118 BIG VALLEY Only $20,000 3 bdrm. on nice large treed lot. Water, sewer, garbage Good terms avail. Owner Dave 780-475-2897

Motorhomes WOW. Brand New Home in Timberstone with many stunning features.

Open concept, tray ceilings, 3 bdrm, 2 baths $426,100.

Call Chris 403-392-7118

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Cars

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MASON MARTIN HOMES New condo, 1000 sq.ft.

2 bdrm., 2 bath, 5 appls., $189,800. 403-588-2550 ONE LEFT! CELEBRATIONS HAPPEN EVERY DAY IN CLASSIFIEDS

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.

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2006 COROLLA CE. exc. cond. low mileage. $10,500. 403-392-5628

- Central AB. 1 km off Hwy 12.

SW21-40-23-W4.

Natural subdivision, creek, oil revenue.

Call 403-747-2168

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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

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wheels CLASSIFICATIONS

legal suite

downstairs private entrance, separate laundry, 2 car garage, including mostly all newer appls, up and down. Avail. immed. Remember mortgage institutions do consider income from a legal suite. Currently have exc. tenant downstairs that expressed interest in staying. $335,000 403-340-3370

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

winterized, queen bed, 2 furnaces, 3 slides, 5 appls. loaded, immac. $43,000.

306-450-0971 in Stettler.

Utility Trailers

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2008 SANTA FE. Basically loaded. Set of winter tires, on rims. 161,000 km. $11,500 obo. 403-848-1377 2006 TUSCON V6 only 23,700 kms, $12,300 403-346-2867

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2008 CHEV crew cab, loaded w/leather 197,000 kms, good cond. $7300 403-348-9746

Vans Buses

5140

ENCLOSED utility trailer, approx. 8’x4’x4’. Very good H.D. running gear.

Needs painting. $195.

403-358-7678

5190

RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap Vehicle & Metal Removal.

AMVIC APPROVED. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. 403-396-7519

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Trucks

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2013 Monte Carlo 38’

Auto Wreckers

4400-4430

5000-5300

Single parents, seniors, first time home owners looking for a house that you can get help with the mortgage or leave to go south for winter? This DEER PARK completely reno’d bungalow with a

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Two Open Houses

WANT some help with mortgage?

SUV's

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Private Mortgages Our Rates start at 8%. We lend on Equity. Bus. For Self & Bruised Credit Ok. Ron Lewis 403 819 2436 ONE STOP Sept. 13 & 14 Friday - Saturday 1-5 pm 7 & 15 Brookstone Dr. Come see 2 brand new move in ready, homes in Sylvan Lake under $300 K Jennifer 403.392.6841

Locally owned and family operated

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

Money To Loan

Fifth Wheels

2010 PREMIER 32’ 2 slideouts, $16,500 403-837-8043

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The Concordia itself didn’t budge for the first three hours after the operation began, engineer Sergio Girotto told reporters.

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LUANN Sept. 17 1984 — Brian Mulroney takes office, sworn in as Canada’s 18th prime minister at age 45. His 40-member cabinet is the biggest in Canadian history.

1995 — End of armed standoff between police and natives occupying a private ranch at Gustafsen Lake, B.C. Eventually, 17 people are charged by RCMP. 1991 — Defence Minister Marcel Masse

cites the end of Cold War as Canada moves to cut military in Europe from 6,600 to 1,100 over 15 years, saving $11 billion.

1974 — First female RCMP recruits start training at Regina.

1975 — Gordie Howe is appointed president of the Houston Aeros hockey team. The Floral, Sask., native is the first playing president in major league sports.

1949 — Early-morning fire consumes the Canada Steamship Lines cruise liner SS Noronic moored at its dock in Toronto harbour, killing 130 of 522 passengers.

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MERS mystery persists SCIENTISTS SAY DATA GAPS VAST, NOT CLEAR WHY MORE ISN’T KNOWN

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Still, the WHO’s point person for MERS, Dr. Tony Mounts, doesn’t know where things stand on the issue — and his lack of knowledge is not from lack of interest.

“I don’t know what has or hasn’t (been done). I just don’t have the information,” Mounts says.

“I know they are talking to patients, I know they are gathering data.

Whether they’ve done a formal study yet or not, that’s the question.”

Dr. Ziad Memish, Saudi Arabia’s deputy minister of health, did not reply to a request for an interview for this article.

Dr. Alimuddin Zumla, an infectious diseases researcher at University College London who has been tapped by Memish to help on several Saudi MERS studies, says he does not know of any case control studies on MERS that have been done, though there have been discussions about the idea.

Case reports from Saudi Arabia are barebones, leaving the WHO to scramble to gather relevant information.

This far into an outbreak, scientists would expect to see a consistent set of facts about each case, but that hasn’t been forthcoming.

“I think that right now, it is at the stage of ‘Does this data eventually become public through (scientific) publication or presentation, or is it data that does not exist?”’ Pallansch says.

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TORONTO — A year after SARS hit the world’s radar, scads had been learned about the virus that set off outbreaks in China, Hong Kong, Toronto and other spots, and ignited panic far beyond the affected centres.

The coronavirus was rapidly discovered, it genome sequenced within weeks of the World Health Organization warning on March 15, 2003, of its existence and spread. The animals that transmitted it to people had been identified. Doctors knew when SARS patients were infectious and what steps needed to be taken to stop its spread. With that knowledge, the virus was quickly contained. SARS is medical history.

Later this week — Friday — will mark a year since the world learned that a cousin of the SARS virus had burst out of some hiding spot in nature to infect and kill a man in Saudi Arabia.

Since then, the world has learned of roughly 130 MERS cases, 57 of them fatal.

But in contrast to the SARS outbreak, at this point relatively little is known about MERS. With several million Muslim pilgrims descending on Saudi Arabia — the hottest of MERS hot spots — in coming weeks for the annual Hajj, there is a real sense of worry among scientists watching the outbreak.

Many scientists are at a loss to diplomatically explain the lack of progress.

“We knew more in two to three weeks with SARS than we probably even know now. Maybe it’s three to four weeks,” says Dr. Larry Anderson, the scientist who led the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s SARS response a decade ago.

Anderson, who now teaches in the medical school at Emory University in Atlanta, says he finds the state of the scientific world’s MERS knowledge “concerning and sad.”

“I think some opportunities clearly have been missed, and it’s surprising to me that we don’t know more than we do,” he says.

“It has put the world at some risk — I don’t know if it’s a large risk or small risk — that we’re not as prepared as we could be if we had some of this information. And if it (the virus) ... took off, it would look really bad, I think.”

The director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota says he

tion on MERS made at the meeting.

“I think that is a reflection of what studies are actually being done, particularly in the U.S.,” says Dr. Mark Pallansch, who heads the CDC’S MERS response effort.

To the confusion and frustration of a number of scientists watching the outbreak from a distance, it appears Saudi Arabia — the only country to have diagnosed substantial numbers of cases — has not conducted what is known as a case control study on MERS patients.

A case control study is epidemiology 101. This type of research compares people who conFile photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS tract the disease to those A colourized transmission of the MERS coronavirus that emerged in 2012 is who don’t.

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Library of Medicine, becoming infected and global health bodies like A year after the draws up about 200 what behaviours, expothe World Health Organi- WHO’s first SARS alert, h i t s . I m p o r t a n t p a sures or biological traits zation and governments more than 1,000 journal p e r s , t h e o n e s t h a t put people at greatest like his own aren’t pub- papers had been written flesh out detail of this risk. licly complaining about about severe acute respi- n e w d i s e a s e , a r e a Pallansch admits the lack of information. ratory syndrome. portion of that total. that when CDC “This is not disease detecjust a curiosity ‘WE ALL AS A GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH tives are sent to exercise. This is COMMUNITY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHAT’S investigate an a global oblioutbreak, setting gation that the BEING DONE TO STOP THESE ONGOING up a case control public health ofstudy is high on TRANSMISSIONS BECAUSE THIS COULD BE IN ficials in the Midthe list of priordle East have in OUR LAP TOMORROW.’ ity tasks. terms of preparStaff of the ing the world for — MICHAEL OSTERHOLM, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR INFECWorld Health Ora potential global TIOUS DISEASES RESEARCH AND POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ganization went event,” Michael MINNESOTA so far as to deOsterholm says. sign a template “We all as for such a study that Saua global public health At this point, a Last week, one of the di Arabia or any other community have a right s e a r c h f o r M E R S i n biggest annual infectious country with MERS casto know what’s being t h e P u b M e d , a n o n - diseases conferences es could use, posting it done to stop these on- line index of scientif- in the world took place on the agency’s website going transmissions be- ic papers maintained in Denver, Colo. There in early July. cause this could be in by the U.S. National wasn’t a single presenta-

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