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MICHENER CENTRE

Judicial review ordered BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF The judicial review relating to the province’s decision to close Michener Centre will be heard on March 13 and 14, 2014. The Society of Parents and Friends of Michener Centre filed a request last month for a judicial review into the closure, a process that it hopes will force the government to explain how it came to its decision after years of assuring guardians and families that their loved ones would remain at Michener for as long as they lived. While it is not expected that the process will lead to the closure edict being rescinded, those with the society say they want the government to have to detail how it diverted from its 2008 pledge in the How We Move Ahead report that no resident would be forced to leave Michener Centre. “The judicial review for us is to just get information, to get the government to step forward and present their arguments to the public and not hide behind FOIP (Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy) so that we can actually understand and get the truth,” said Bill Lough, society president. “Given the history of promises that have been made, this is what we understood, so we’d like to know at what point did they turn face, and hold them accountable.” Efforts in June to acquire government documents from the period leading up to the March announcement of the centre’s closure through a FOIP request resulted in roughly 80 per cent of the 130 pages of documents received blacked out. The society is expecting the judicial review will allow it to see government documents and correspondence from the period immediately leading up to the announcement. A judicial review is a special court process with lawyers representing each party in front of a judge.

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Grade 5 Holy Family School student Kaleb Skinner was surprised Tuesday that he and his family will be taking a trip to Maui soon. His classmates celebrated with him in class with a pizza party and scavenger hunt and by putting Hawaiian Lei around his neck. Kaleb, who is in remission from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was chosen by the Make A Wish Foundation Central Alberta chapter to go on a trip to Hawaii with his family.

Agonizing wait for surgery prompts questions about system BY SUSAN ZIELINSKI ADVOCATE STAFF A Red Deer woman who waited over three days for surgery to fix her broken wrist is speaking out about the wait times for surgery at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. Keri Jensen, 37, who fell while skating at the Collicutt Centre on Sept. 25, said she was told only two orthopedic surgeons in Red Deer could do her surgery. They happened to be working last week, but they were busy with other patients requiring a variety of more urgent emergency surgeries.

“Basically every day they were trying to get me in but I kept getting bumped,” said Jensen who finally had surgery on her right wrist on Sunday morning. Her wrist was fractured in numerous places and she now has eight screws and a plate in her radius. Jensen said the two surgeons were working nonstop and at some point somebody should have made the decision to call in another surgeon to free up one of the orthopedic surgeons for her surgery and for other orthopedic patients. “I feel there could have been a decision made to get it done.”

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Cancer centre construction enters final stages GRAND OPENING SLATED FOR THE END OF NOVEMBER BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF

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A work crew installs parking lot lighting outside the new Cancer Centre at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre Monday.

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After years of construction, Red Deer’s new and expansive $46-million Central Alberta Cancer Centre is set to officially open its doors in mid-November, bringing radiation treatment for local cancer patients closer to home and improving overall cancer care in the region. “We are in the final stages, finishing up minor construction and deficiency work and putting all the furniture and equipment in right now. The next few weeks will be focused on staff training and process development,” said Mona Udowicz, the director of radiation therapy for Alberta Health Services and the project leader for the Alberta Radiation Therapy Corridor Project. She noted a grand Mona Udowicz opening and open house for the public is being scheduled for around the end of November. Udowicz stopped in Red Deer on Tuesday morning to present an update on the centre at the annual general meeting for the Central Alberta Council on Aging. “Approximately 50 per cent of patients who are diagnosed with cancer would benefit from a course of radiation therapy throughout their treatment and currently that is only offered in Calgary, Edmonton

and, since 2010, Lethbridge as well,” Udowicz said. Patients spend large amounts of time and money travelling to receive radiation in the larger centres as the treatment is given out in daily fractions and can take up to 39 days, she added. “That’s hugely inconvenient. So it’s about bringing the care to the patient. We found a lot of patients will look for different treatment options to avoid having to travel to Calgary or Edmonton so we’re underutilizing radiation therapy as a treatment aspect in Alberta.” According to Udowicz, 22 per cent of Albertans had to travel over 100 km for cancer treatment before the corridor project kicked off in Lethbridge with the opening of a similar cancer centre. After the project’s planned expansion into Grande Prairie in 2017, Alberta Health Services estimates only eight per cent will be required to travel such distances. The centre is more than 4,000 square metres — four times the size of Red Deer’s current cancer facility — and will handle breast, lung, prostate, bladder and gastrointestinal cancer and cases, as well as palliative patients with bone pain or other chronic discomforts who need symptom relief. Those suffering from head and neck cancers or pediatrics will still have to make the journey to Edmonton or Calgary. “There are certain tumour groups that require such a specialized team to deliver the radiation and maybe chemotherapy at the same time that it was felt that at this time those patients should still be referred to the tertiary centres and so that will continue,” Udowicz said.

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Superstore workers reject offer Alberta Superstore workers have rejected a contract offer, increasing the likelihood of a provincewide strike this Sunday. Story on PAGE B1

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A2 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013

Defence lawyer finds evidence during trial

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POLICE MISSED IT DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF While examining a backpack entered as evidence during a break in a weeklong drug trial, a defence attorney found evidence police missed during their investigation. Nigel Eatmon, 28, and Chrisopher Vanoverbeke, 31, were arrested on June 29, 2011, by Red Deer RCMP. They face numerous charges and were in Red Deer Court of Queen’s Bench on Tuesday, the second day of a five-day scheduled trial. Kevin Sproule, counsel for Eatmon, was examining the bag, which had been entered as evidence, when he opened a pouch and found pills, condoms, a brass pipe and a tin. According to Crown witness RCMP Const. Jon Bradfield the bag was found in a storage unit police had searched on June 29, 2011, but the items Sproule found had not previously been discovered by police. Sproule requested the items he uncovered be sent for forensic examination in the hopes of finding fingerprints. After receiving a judge’s order from Justice Kirk Sisson, Bradfield removed the items and put them into paper bags, as is forensics best practice, and sent them to be examined. Crown prosecutor Dave Inglis did not object to these newly found items being forensically examined. Because of the schedule of the local forensic unit, Bradfield said the items will not be examined until Thursday. While they are being examined the trial will continue. It was the second time in as many days the proceedings were interrupted by defence counsel’s request for fingerprinting of Crown evidence. On Monday, a one-day adjournment was granted after Sproule asked if any of the numerous Ziplock and vacuum-sealed bags the Crown was presenting as evidence were fingerprinted.

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REVIEW: Guardians take wait-and-see attitude Lee Kvern, whose sister Jody is a resident at Michener, said she wants to learn through the review when and why the government changed its thinking relating to care for the developmentally disabled, and whether it can legally close the facility in spite of its promise in the How We Move Ahead report. With the hearing not until next March, Kvern and Lough said many guardians of Michener residents are wanting to see what the process reveals before committing to transition their loved ones into community group homes and seniors care facilities. “Those of us that want to stay in Michener, we basically see that this is our time to just stop doing anything in terms of going forward with any transitioning or talking with the transition teams. We’re standing up for Michener by standing down,” said Kvern. The judicial review will not formally delay the transition process, however. A spokeswoman with the Ministry of Human Services said work on transitioning 123 residents from the facility is continuing, respecting the wishes of the families involved. The society is holding another general meeting on Oct. 6 to discuss the current situation. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

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Elderly Indians participate in celebrations to mark International Day of Older Persons at an old age home in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday. Much of the world is not prepared to support the ballooning population of elderly people, including many of the fastest-aging countries, according to a global study released Tuesday by the United Nations and an elder rights group.

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RCMP looking for missing potentially violent high-risk sex offender LLOYDMINSTER — RCMP are warning the public about a potentially violent high-risk sex offender. Police say the Edmonton man’s electronic monitoring bracelet was found Tuesday morning on the roof of a business in Lloydminster. The police say the device had been cut off. Mounties say the man was being monitored by police and has a long history of sex offences. Police are warning people not to approach him. RCMP say Michael Sean Stanley, 48, is wanted for breach of his court release conditions.

During her first few days in hospital, Jensen said she was told her surgery was supposed to be done within 24 hours. Jensen said she doesn’t want others to face such long waits in extreme pain that require powerful painkillers. “You sit in there and you actually don’t believe you’re going to wait that long. Then when you do, you’re insane. I was losing my mind. It’s excruciating.” “I was screaming and crying pretty much every day as soon as the drugs would wear off. The pain was nothing like I had experienced.” Jensen said she was also worried about taking hydromorphone, a drug that is 20 times stronger than morphine, and healing complications due to the wait. Neither did she like taking a hospital bed away from other possible patients from Thursday to Sunday. Brenda Corney, chairperson of Friends of Medicare Red Deer chapter, said it’s not uncommon for surgery patients to wait longer than is comfortable or recommended. “It happens often enough that most people are aware of people who have waited for some time for surgery. It’s really sad,” Corney said. “It’s not that the surgeon or nurses don’t want the surgery done. It’s the size of the workload.” Kerry Bales, senior vice-president with Alberta Health Services Central Zone, said if a surgery is postponed because of higher priority, emergency cases, the hospital does all it can to reschedule the surgery as soon as possible. “Patients should rest assured that if they need emergency surgery, they will receive it immediately. However, they should also be aware that if a higher priority case presents, then it must take precedence,” Bales said.

TONIGHT

THURSDAY

CALGARY — Some Alberta consumers will be paying less for electricity this month but more for natural gas. Direct Energy Regulated Services says for the month of October its typical customers will pay about 12 per cent less for electric power compared to last month. Natural gas is a different story. Direct Energy says a typical customer in southern Alberta will pay about $18 more a month for gas. People who live in Red Deer and north of the city will pay about $24 more in October compared to September. “The surgical wait list changes constantly. Surgeons and other clinicians continuously monitor patients’ status for any changes that may necessitate moving their surgery ahead, or if it is safe to proceed with a more serious case ahead of them.” Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre has eight operating theatres for scheduled and emergency patients. Surgeries are also performed in the evening to help address the wait list. szielinski@reddeeradvocate.com

CENTRE: Hiring more staff The centre will boast two linear accelerators, huge machines used for external-beam radiation, but construction crews also built a third “bunker,” for an additional machine for “some point down the road, to extend services,” Udowicz said. New faces will also be coming to the city with the extended services. Two radiation oncologists have been hired, as well as two medical physicists, who are configuring the radiation machines (which arrived in May and can take up to six months to commission), a biomedical engineer, two nurse practitioners, new chemotherapy nurses and 11 radiation therapists who administer the treatment, among other support staff. Alberta Health Services is also seeking two medical oncologists for Red Deer. “The current centre in Red Deer receives around 530 referrals a year and has seen over 11,000 patients per year. ... We do expect those numbers to rise and referral numbers to double with this new centre,” Udowicz said. “The benefits to patients are numerous — the accessibility of care, reduced wait times, care closer to home, reduced costs to patients and more treatment options.” rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate.com

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A3 Summit eyes spending, saving BY THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Doug Horner says everything from toll roads to public-private partnerships on courthouses will be on the table at Saturday’s second economic summit of 2013. Horner said the province wants a wide-ranging discussion among academics, political and business leaders on new ways to find the cash to build things in a fast-growing province. “What about a P3 (public-private partnership) for a courthouse? What about a toll road? I mean, these are some of the things that we should talk about,” Horner said Tuesday. He stressed the government isn’t actively pursuing toll roads, but said it needs to be discussed. “We just came back from travel in New York. You drive from Newark, where we landed, into downtown New York and I forget how many toll gates we actually went through,” he said. “(A toll road) is not something that we should just simply say, ‘Well, we don’t have to do it in Alberta because

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2013

‘WE’RE SAVING A BUNCH OF MONEY. WHAT ARE WE SAVING IT FOR? I THINK (THE SOLUTION) IS A BLEND OF THINGS.’

— DOUG HORNER FINANCE MINISTER

we’ve got lots of money.’ Maybe we should do it exactly because we have the resources.” The province has already used costshared, public-private partnerships to build schools, but Horner said he wants to hear other ideas. The one-day summit will be held at the University of Alberta. Horner, Premier Alison Redford and Kyle Fawcett, the government member spearheading flood recovery, will attend. The summit will also deal with how to invest the money the government is setting aside in its savings account. The savings account was launched last year as part of a new budgeting process that subdivides the budget into three categories: capital spending, dayto-day spending, and savings. Horner said the time has come to solicit ideas on where to invest. “We’re saving a bunch of money. What are we saving it for?” he said.

“I think (the solution) is a blend of things. There are things that we need to set aside in terms of endowments for investment into research and development. “(And) there are good opportunities for us to set aside dollars that will help augment operational costs should we need them in the future.” NDP Leader Brian Mason, who will attend the event, said it’s disappointing that Premier Alison Redford’s Tories need these kinds of think-tank sessions to get themselves out of a hole they’ve dug but refuse to acknowledge. “There were major tax cuts under (former premier) Ralph Klein for profitable corporations and for the mostwealthy of Albertans — and middleclass taxes have actually increased compared to what you might pay in B.C. or Ontario,” said Mason. Wildrose Leader Danielle Smith said she will attend the summit be-

cause she sees the topics as trial balloons. “We believe infrastructure has to be done on a pay-as-you-go basis over a 10-year time horizon (and) have a public, prioritized list,” said Smith. “They’re just trying to find all kinds of fancy ways of packaging up more borrowing.” Along with the summit, the province is also seeking ideas through an online survey and 11 open-house meetings starting Oct. 9 in Athabasca and ending Oct. 18 in Edson. This is the second economic summit. The first was held at Calgary’s Mount Royal University in February. Some panellists at that event urged the province look at a sales tax or consumption tax to bring in revenue. But Horner reiterated the province is not considering a sales tax. He said the catastrophic June floods that wiped out roads and bridges and other infrastructure in southern Alberta in June will factor into Saturday’s discussions. The flood has changed capital priorities, he said, but wouldn’t be more specific.

Man convicted in deaths of four Campfire Room set up at Rocky school to help online learning Mounties out of prison soon BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — The National Parole Board says one of two men convicted in the deaths of four Alberta Mounties is bound to face public hostility when he is released from prison next month. The board makes the point in a report outlining special conditions that Dennis Cheeseman must abide by when he gets out Nov. 19. The conditions include getting psychological counselling to help cope with what’s expected to be a stressful return to the community. “Your offences have drawn substantial notoriety and you are considered a high-profile offender,” says the report, released to the media Tuesday. “Your release may cause negative public reaction and a degree of hostility in the community and it is likely that you will experience some significant challenges.” Cheeseman and his brother-in-law, Shawn Hennessey, pleaded guilty to manslaughter for giving James Roszko a rifle and a ride the night before Roszko ambushed the officers near the town of Mayerthorpe in 2005. Constables Peter Schiemann, Antho-

BRIEF Province hires two flood mitigation engineering firms to prevent future disasters EDMONTON — Alberta has hired two engineering companies to help it find ways to protect people from future devastating floods. The firms AMEC and AECOM were chosen following a request for proposals by the government. Details of the contracts, including the cost and when the companies will make their reports, were not released. Alberta officials have said the projects could include dams, dikes, berms and water diversions. Officials say the government will ask experts and the public for more ideas at a flood mitigation symposium Friday in Calgary. The engineering firms would then help the government make a short list of the best ideas and assess their viability.

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TRIAL: Police seized a lot of drugs Eatmon and Vanoverbeake face numerous drug charges after police raided both a house in West Park and a storage unit in Gasoline Alley. Bradfield testified today that police seized about 1.4 kg of marijuana; 237 ecstasy pills; 26.5 grams of cocaine;

ny Gordon, Brock Myrol and Leo Johnston were gunned down while guarding a Quonset hut on Roszko’s farm as part of a marijuana grow-op and automobile chop-shop investigation. Roszko was shot and wounded by another Mountie, then killed himself. Hennessey was sentenced to 10 years and four months. He applied for early parole last year, but was denied. Cheeseman was handed seven years and two months. He applied for parole while at Drumheller Institution in 2011, but was also denied. Earlier this year, he cancelled another parole hearing, opting to wait for automatic release after serving two-thirds of his sentence. The board’s report says Cheeseman has been a “model offender” while behind bars, attending school and working as a cleaner. Although he once gave a positive urine test for THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. In addition to psychological counselling, Cheeseman is to abstain from drugs and alcohol and not associate with people involved in criminal activity. The conditions remain in effect until his entire sentence expires on April 13, 2016. “We know it is impossible to prevent floods from happening; however there’s a lot we can do to lessen the impact these events have on Alberta’s communities,” Municipal Affairs Minister Doug Griffiths said Tuesday in a release. “This is a next step in our ongoing work to find the best ways to protect Albertans when flood waters threaten our homes in the future.” The province estimates more than 100,000 people in 30 communities were affected by the floods, including more than 40,000 people who were forced from their homes. More than 2,000 people are still out of their homes, including almost 1,300 living in temporary neighbourhoods in High River and Siksika.

Man charged with destroying public land; videos show damage EDMONTON — The Alberta government and RCMP have charged a man with damaging public land. The province says between May 2011 and November 2012, several individuals used off-highway vehicles to damage sensitive public land and water bodies in Clearwater County. more than 100 grams of methylamphetamine, MDMA — powdered ecstasy; and more than a litre of liquid gamma-hydroxybutyrate, GHB, from a residence they were surveilling. They believed this to be the residence of Eatmon and Vanoverbeke. Their investigation also led them to a storage unit in Gasoline Alley. It was searched after the house was on June 29. Bradfield said they found more than 300 grams of marijuana, 2,507 ecstasy pills and 2.2 kg of MDMA. On cross-examination, Lorne Goddard, counsel for Vanoberbeke, asked Bradfield if he could recall how they

BY ADVOCATE STAFF Students in Rocky Mountain House now have the opportunity to learn from a school in Red Deer. At the Confluence Campus in Rocky, a building that encompasses schools run by Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools and Wild Rose Public Schools, as well as the Aboriginal Resource Centre, a new Campfire Room has been set up to facilitate online learning for students who may need that extra push to achieve high school graduation. Students using the room will be able to tap into programming offered through the St. Gabriel Online School based in Red Deer. Wild Rose superintendent Brian Celli said the Aboriginal Resource Centre was created a few years ago to focus on cultural and spiritual teachings. While it has been a positive addition, the Campfire Room is intended to provide complementary academic supports. “We need to make sure that we’re providing them with an appropriate program to take them somewhere, to where they might envision themselves in their futures. The Campfire Room is our attempt to begin to address a It says video footage showing one individual engaged in these activities was uploaded to a social media site. The areas affected include Swan Creek, a stream that the province says supports a unique trout population. Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development says using vehicles in the stream destroys the spawning ground of these fish, limiting their ability to reproduce. Andrew Holland Sharpe was charged under the Public Lands Act and the Water Act on Sept. 17. Jacalyn Ambler with Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development says the Swan Creek damage was particularly bad. “So what the video showed was vehicles running up and down the stream. And what that does is it destroys the riverbeds, destroying the spawning grounds and also causing silt to be introduced to the water, which can literally suffocate the fish eggs.” Ambler did not know where Sharpe was from.

Woman, 85, injured after the scooter she was driving collides with semi LETHBRIDGE — An 85-year-old gained entry to the storage unit. Bradfield could not remember, nor could he remember seizing a key during their search of the residence. A key was found, but not seized during the raid.

real need for very flexible and mobile learning environments for kids,” said Celli. The project is a partnership between the two school divisions and Red Deer College, which has operated classrooms at the campus in the past. In the classroom, which will be staffed by a half-time teacher, students will be able to register in whatever program run through St. Gabriel that they need. Students who need to catch up, have an opening in their timetable or who are falling through the cracks due to poor attendance can access the programming. Celli said the partners are also looking at creating other locally-developed courses, including one through which students could get a certificate in Aboriginal Studies. “It’s going to work out really well because we wanted to do this for a while, but we didn’t really have good access to the types of online courses that we needed, so this was a big step to be able to partner with (Red Deer Catholic and Red Deer College) around that,” said Celli. A few students have already enrolled in courses through the initiative, with Celli expecting the program will experience strong growth. southern Alberta woman is recovering in hospital after the scooter she was driving collided with a semi-trailer. Lethbridge police say the woman drove her mobility aid scooter into an intersection Tuesday morning against the crossing signal and hit the truck. She went under the semi, but the driver was able to quickly stop the rig. The woman suffered head injuries and abrasions but was expected to be released from hospital Tuesday night.

Caroline woman killed in rollover A 61-year-old woman from Caroline died in a single-vehicle rollover east of Rocky Mountain House on Monday morning. Rocky Mountain House RCMP were dispatched at 9:50 a.m. to the scene just south of Hwy 11 on Range Road 5-4. RCMP say an SUV, driven by the lone female occupant, was northbound when it veered into the ditch, causing it to roll. The driver, Carol Carl, was pronounced dead on the scene. Police say the rollover is still under investigation, but alcohol was not a factor and the road was in good driving condition. While there was a preliminary inquiry before the trial, Sproule was not the counsel of record for Eatmon during this time. mcrawford@reddeeradvocate.com

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COMMENT

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2013

A pipeline smokescreen? When Stephen Harper travels to New York to lob what can only be described as a stun grenade within political shouting distance of the White House, who, exactly, should run for cover? On the surface, the prime minister’s public warning on Thursday that he will not take no for an answer from the CHANTAL U.S. on the Keystone XL pipeHÉBERT line would seem to be aimed at an indecisive American president. The fate of the pipeline designed to link Alberta’s oilsands to the Gulf of Mexico has rested in U.S. President Barack Obama’s hands since his reelection last fall. But it is hard to imagine that Harper seriously believes that rattling a paper sabre at Obama will exact the approval that the pressures of a host of

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influential American lobbies have so far failed to obtain. Or that the prime minister would not think that his statement might have the opposite effect to the one Canada seeks. Here are three alternative explanations: ● The prime minister was having an off day. As Harper was speaking in New York, Dean Del Mastro — a former parliamentary secretary who he defended tooth and nail in the House of Commons — was being charged with four counts of breaking federal elections law. Such news could easily distract a party leader from the official business at hand — especially since Del Mastro is the fifth Conservative to leave the government caucus in disgrace in a year. Harper was taking part in a question-and-answer session in front of the Canadian American Business Council when he made his Keystone comment. After seven years in a tightly controlled media cocoon, he may have become rusty and have overstated his case. ● The prime minister is engaging in preventive damage control. For months, every Canadian ear on the U.S. ground has been attuned to the Keystone XL issue. Through informal

channels, Harper may have come to the informed conclusion that Obama is not going to give the pipeline the green light. If that is going to be the case, the prime minister has an interest in casting the refusal as a temporary setback, if only to focus minds on something beyond his government’s failure to get the positive answer that it so actively sought. Harper’s remarks on Thursday suggested that he is pinning more hopes for a win on the front of the free-trade deal that Canada has been negotiating with Europe than on Keystone. He described the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA, the proposed free trade and copyright agreement between Canada and the European Union) as the top priority of his government. ● The prime minister’s message was really meant for Canadian provincial consumption. It would not be the first time that Harper would have been more explicit about his policy intentions when he is abroad than when he is at home. In 2012, he telegraphed his government’s intentions to clip the wings of Canada’s pension regime from the stage of the World Economic Forum

in Davos, Switzerland. Parliament was only apprised of upcoming changes to the Old Age Security program some weeks later. Year in and year out, Canadians have been as likely if not more to get substantive answers from the current prime minister over his travels abroad than in Parliament. His office routinely offers more debriefs about his dealings with various international counterparts than with the country’s other first ministers. As often as not — as in the case of labour training or health care — the premiers are presented with take-it-orleave-it federal statements of intent. If Harper says that he will not take no for an answer from the U.S. on Keystone — a project over its future he ultimately has no real control — should one not conclude that he will also not accept that provinces such as British Columbia, Quebec or Ontario throw roadblocks in the way on the pipelines that are on the drawing board to bring Alberta’s oil to the East and West coasts? In those cases, the prime minister actually has the power to walk his talk. Chantal Hébert is a syndicated Toronto Star national affairs writer.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Where are the beds for seniors? On July 12 on the front page of the Advocate (Longterm care policy worries caregiver) the concern I had for long-term care for my aunt was exposed. I wish to let your readers know what has happened in this situation. To recap: my main concern at that time was that long-term patients in the hospital, upon release, must go to a facility available within 100 km of Red Deer. On June 18, the Advocate had an article (AHS reverses cuts to home, palliative and continuing care) quoting Health Minister Fred Horne saying that this 100-km policy was being “withdrawn immediately.” However, my 96-year-old aunt had on July 10 to sign that she would go within 100 km. The placement officer at the hospital informed me that the policy had not been rescinded. Several weeks later, I had a conversation with MLA Cal Dallas, who informed me that “Red Deer had lots of ‘capacity’ or the government wouldn’t have made this promise.” He was referring to beds coming on stream for different levels of assisted living (residents have fewer needs than long-term/continuing care residents). He forwarded my concerns to the Ministry of Seniors. It took many weeks to finally get various people to listen to my concerns and pass them to someone else probably higher up. It finally got to the Patient’s Concern Consultant for Patient Relations, Central Zone. The wheels of bureaucracy grind slowly, but before the above-mentioned consultant could go higher up, my aunt was assigned to Lacombe. She refused and since then the issue has disappeared with no consequences. The reason I have pursued this so vigorously is because my dear aunt has lived in Red Deer nearly 70 years. All of her friends and support people are here. However, I am her only relative and her main caregiver/advocate. So if she goes out of Red Deer, how do I help her? Who will visit her/be her advocate? But if she was in Red Deer, then the options are so much better for her and me. (My husband needs constant care.) So much for Fred Horne saying that we want our seniors to be close to their loved ones. My aunt has been taking up an active care bed for almost four months that she doesn’t need. She sits alone, eats alone, in a darkened room, day in and day out. Big taxpayers’ bucks for inappropriate care. I recently heard that in her unit alone there are 10 patients awaiting placement in the community. How many other patients are there at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre — and other hospitals in the Central Zone, or all of Alberta in the same situation? Where is this “capacity”? So readers, I have a few messages: ● The facilities for the care of our seniors are clearly inadequate despite the crisis warning going back 10-plus years. Ten years ago good studies indicated that the Central Zone would need at least 300 new continuing care/long-term care beds by now. Where are they? ● Where can one get information? From my experience it is shrouded in secrecy. It certainly is not readily available to the public. I’ve been told, “Well, we used to know how many persons were in hospital awaiting placement, but since the ‘reorganization’ (nine years ago?) we can’t get the info.” Trying to get information, e.g. at the hospital, is shrouded in “Don’t quote me” or, worse, “If I say any thing I’ll lose my job.” Don’t ask where your loved one is on the “list” to get out of the hospital. The list, if it exists, appears to be a very, very guarded document. ● If you have an aging loved one in the hospital, or one who may be soon needing long-term/continuing care, don’t assume that their needs are or will be met, close to their loved ones, through Alberta Health Services facilities. (If the senior can afford $6,000 per month, or more, in a private facility, per-

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haps his/her needs will be met.) ● Question carefully what you read about what Alberta Health Services has to say. Faye Hallett Red Deer

Take your job as a voter seriously On Oct. 21, I am going to assist in the hiring of 16 public employees. Between now and then, I am going to have to read 49 resumes, listen to speeches and sales pitches. I will have to sift through the clichés, adjectives, promises and boasting to find the truth. I take politics seriously, and tune in to the political channels and read the political articles and I will have a hard time finding 16 deserving employees: one mayor, eight city councillors and seven public school board trustees. Between now and then, the politicians will shine but are they the best employees? Perhaps the best employees are the worst politicians. Incumbency and name recognition only unlevel the playing field — perhaps the incumbent is the one behind the issue that angers you the most, and perhaps you recognize the name for the wrong reason. With 30 people running for council, if each spoke at a public forum for just five minutes, that would take up the best part of three hours. How much will you get out of 30 five-minute blurbs, and will you remember who said what? If we had four wards, then we would have seven or eight people running in each ward and it would be easier to pick the best two out of eight than the best eight out of 30, as it stands now. We will be choosing eight out of 30, then seven school board trustees out of 14, then one mayor out of five candidates. We do not have to pick all 16, we can vote for just one, or two or three, etc., and maybe that would be the best thing to do. Pick out the ones you want to win and that’s it. Perhaps the other ones you pick to just fill out the ballot will defeat the candidates you want to win. On Oct. 21, I will participate in the process and help hire 16 employees. I am not hiring presidents, kings, rulers and dictators; I am hiring 16 employees to look after my interest as part of a collective. I am not hiring 16 employees to represent special interest

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groups, and I am definitely not hiring 16 employees who believe that there is no place for public participation between elections. I am not a member of a special interest group; I do not have advocates lobbying on my behalf. I am a husband, a father, a grandfather, a homeowner, a taxpayer, just a regular guy having to pay the bills that are being forced on me by 16 employees. On Oct. 21, I will be voting — my wife, my children and my grandchildren deserve it. Garfield Marks Red Deer

Flood cleanup a municipal burden I do not understand why Albertans are facing multibillion-dollar cleanup costs following June’s flooding. It is the cities and towns that bet the money from building permits, etc., against paying for damages to said property or structures. As long as the provincial government pays the damages, no city or town has to accept responsibility for their decisions. Until Red Deerians refuse to pay for Calgary’s foibles, things will never change. In 1973 when Calgary flooded, there was very little property damage. The flood map of 1973 is almost a duplicate of a 2013 flood map of the Bow and Elbow Rivers. But the property damage is huge. Why? How did Albertans benefit by having properties in the flood zone? In 1996, the hundred-year flood washed out the bridge on the Sheep River in Turner Valley. It also washed out the bridge on the Highwood River on Hwy 541, so one assumes High River was flooded. In 2005, Turner Valley/High River received seven to eight inches of rain in four days, along with snow melt. The sun came out for four days and Albertans go to replace carpets, etc., in flooded High River houses under the former premier. After four days of sunshine, the rain started again, and 10 inches fell in five days. Guess what? Albertans got to buy carpets, etc., again for the same houses in High River. Why do I feel that we are doing it again in 2013? Ed A. Powell Red Deer

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Veterans charter falls short: report LEAVES SOME EX-SOLDIERS IN POVERTY ONCE THEY RETIRE BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The federal government must be prodded to continue making improvements to its socalled veterans charter to ensure vulnerable former soldiers aren’t left living in poverty, Canada’s veterans ombudsman said Tuesday. Guy Parent’s long-awaited assessment of the government’s so-called veterans charter found that veterans are receiving inadequate compensation from the government for their pain and suffering. Hundreds of severely disabled veterans, in particular, will also take a financial hit once they retire because some of their benefits will end and they don’t have military pensions, Parent says in the report. Veterans Affairs Minister Julian Fantino has said the government will support a House of Commons committee as it looks at how changes to the charter enacted in 2011 have affected those benefits. But additional changes are needed — and quickly, said Parent, who acknowledged that both his own office and veterans organizations across Canada must compel politicians to keep their promises to fix a broken system.

“We have been working on the veterans charter improvements for many years and so have many other veterans representative groups,” he told a news conference in Ottawa. “What is important here is to hold the parliamentarians to their promise when they first introduced it, that there will be continuous improvement. “And it’s very hard to believe that statement when in fact for six years there was nothing done about the charter.” The ombudsman’s office carried out a detailed comparison of benefits and entitlements under the new veterans charter and those from the old pension-for-life system used since the end of the First World War. The Conservatives overhauled the charter in 2011 following complaints that it was nowhere near as generous as the old system. Those enhancements, which included more money to replace lost income, will be reviewed by MPs this fall. A review of Bill C-55, which enacted the enhancements made in 2011, is required by legislation. But Fantino has already committed to a comprehensive review that will go beyond what is required, said spokesman Joshua Zanin. “The report that has been put together by the

ombudsman will specifically be used to inform the broader review that the minister has called for.” Parent dismissed the suggestion that improving benefits to veterans is a pricey proposition. “The cost of doing nothing now will have a humongous human cost later on,” he said. Improving disability awards to veterans would cost taxpayers about $70 million, said the report. In addition, access to allowances and supplements for permanent impairments is expected to run between $8 million and $10 million annually. Concerns about gaps in compensation payments for veterans are nothing new, and the government has had ample time to correct the situation, said NDP defence critic Jack Harris. “It should have and could have been done before,” Harris said, adding that the time for more review is over. It remains unclear just how Tuesday’s report will impact an ongoing lawsuit by former service members who took part in the mission in Afghanistan. The younger veterans argue that the new charter discriminates against them and provides less to them than soldiers who served in the Second World War, Korea and on peacekeeping operations.

Watchdog aims to wrap robocalls investigation by the spring

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A topless Femen activist is carried out of the legislature visitor section by security in Quebec City on Tuesday. A topless protest against the Parti Quebecois values charter erupted inside the Quebec legislature in a screaming, semi-nude act of defiance that derailed the daily question period Tuesday. Women began removing their clothes while Premier Pauline Marois was answering a question. As the protesters disrobed, they chanted a slogan against the presence of the crucifix in the chamber: “Crucifix, decalisse,” they repeated in a crude, sacrilegious Quebecois expression loosely translatable as, “Crucifix, get the hell out of here.” The whole affair was in reaction to the Parti Quebecois’ uneven approach to state secularism, which has been called hypocritical by its detractors.

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Group of Canadian women campaign for gender-neutral O Canada lyrics TORONTO — A group of notable Canadian women is launching a campaign for gender-neutral language in the English lyrics of O Canada. The group said the change would restore Canada’s English national anthem to its original gender-neutral intentions. The group — which includes author Margaret Atwood and former prime minister Kim Campbell — has set up a website to promote the idea. It is calling on Canadians to join the campaign and encourage Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government to change the line “in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command.” The campaign won’t be able to count on the official Opposition for support, however. NDP leader Tom Mulcair said Tuesday in Ottawa that the anthem is “wonderful” and “extraordinary” as it is and shouldn’t be altered when it comes to gender. “I think that when you start tinkering with an institution like a national anthem, that you’re looking for problems,” he said when asked about the proposal.

art Olsen insists she’s been falsely accused of improperly claiming living expenses. The Conservative senator — who is closely allied with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and who was instrumental in calling on the RCMP to investigate the allegedly invalid expense claims of four other senators — denies she wrongly claimed more than $4,000 in accommodation and meals at a time when she was not involved in any Senate business. “I have reviewed these claims with the Senate finance administration and they have found nothing improper,” Stewart Olsen said in a terse written statement Tuesday. “I welcome the auditor general’s review of all senators’ expenses.” The statement followed a report in The Huffington Post Canada, which alleged that Stewart Olsen wrongly claimed daily living expenses from December 2010 to February 2011.

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OTTAWA — The chief enforcer of Canada’s election laws hopes to conclude an investigation into misleading robocalls during the 2011 federal campaign by next spring. In his first annual report, elections commissioner Yves Cote said he’s aiming to finalize the investigation before March 31, 2014. Cote also revealed that he’s been given additional resources to conduct investigations. But he’s also calling for changes to the Canada Elections Act to give him more power to pursue investigations into serious violations and to deal more quickly with minor regulatory infractions. Cote is supported by an investigations directorate, which comprised six full-time employees in 2012-13: a director of investigations, three senior investigators, one paralegal and one administrative assistant. However, he can at any time draw money from the government’s consolidated revenue fund to pay for additional non-permanent resources required to conduct investigations. In 2012-13, Cote hired an additional seven investigators, one paralegal and two “enquiries officers,” at a cost of almost $850,000, the report says. For the current year, he’s been given resources to hire three additional permanent, full-time investigators and a second paralegal. One person — Michael Sona, a junior staffer on the Conservative candidate’s campaign — has been charged in connection with automated calls in the Ontario riding of Guelph during the 2011 election, which misdirected voters to the wrong polling stations. Cote said his office is dealing separately with thousands of complaints in more than 200 ridings across the country about similar automated or live calls, which either misdirected voters or appeared designed to annoy them into not voting at all. It is that investigation which he aims to wrap up by the end of March. At least three individuals refused to co-operate with the Guelph robocall investigation, Cote noted. That happens routinely, he said as he urged the government to give him the power to compel reluctant witnesses to co-operate with investigators, as his counterparts in six provinces are already empowered to do. “If there is a genuine intent to facilitate and expedite the conduct of investigations in the electoral field, then this proposal must be seriously examined,” Cote writes in the report. In the wake of the robocalls affair, the government has promised to introduce significant amendments to the Canada Elections Act.

WORLD

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2013

Rocky start for Senate, House fail to break Obamacare stalemate U.S. GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACES STRUGGLE TO HANDLE SURGE OF CUSTOMERS ON FIRST DAY OF ENROLMENT BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO — The online insurance marketplaces that are at the heart of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul struggled to handle the wave of new consumers Tuesday, the first day of a six-month open-enrolment period. A combination of high demand and technical glitches seemed to overwhelm the online system early in the day. Federal and state officials were working to address the problems, which led to long waits on government websites and a federal call centre. Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters said that more than 1 million people had visited HealthCare.gov in the last day — five times more users than have ever been on the Medicare.gov at one time. Kimberly Shockley — logging in from Houston, Texas — and Mike Weaver, who lives in rural southern Illinois, ran into similar glitches: They could not get past the security questions while trying to set up their personal accounts through healthcare.gov. “I’m frustrated, very frustrated,” said Shockley, a self-employed CPA. She spent more than an hour trying to get the security questions to work Tuesday morning without success. When she clicked on a drop-down menu of suggested security questions, none appeared. She then tried to create her own questions, but that didn’t work either. Weaver, a self-employed photographer, said he also ran into problems with the drop-down menus. And when they started working, he still wasn’t able to set up his account. “The first day of something that you know is going to have a lot of bugs, it’s not that frustrating,” he said. “If it was the last day to sign up . . . then I’d be terribly frustrated.” Shockley has health insurance, but is looking for a better plan. Weaver is uninsured. State-operated sites also experienced glitches. Rhode Island’s site opened as scheduled, but was quickly overwhelmed by visitors and went down. A spokesman for the New York Department of Health blamed problems with the 2 million visits to the website in the first 90 minutes after its launch. Washington state’s marketplace used Twitter to thank users for their patience.

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President Barack Obama stands with people who support the Affordable Care Act, his signature health care law, as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday. Exchange officials in Colorado said their website would not be fully functional for the first month, although consumers will be able to get help applying for government subsidies during that time. Connecticut seemed to be a bright spot. Access Health CT sent out a tweet shortly before noon Tuesday, confirming the marketplace logged 10,000 visitors in the first three hours of operation and 22 enrollments. A family of three was the first to sign up for coverage. In Portsmouth, N.H., Deborah Lielasus tried to sign up for coverage but got only as far as creating an account before the website stopped working. She said she expected glitches. Lielasus, a 54-year-old self-employed grant writer, currently spends about $8,500 a year in premiums and more than $10,000 for out-of-pocket expenses because she has a health condition and her only option was a state high-risk insurance pool. She said she expects those costs to decrease significantly. As excited as she was to sign up, she said, her anticipation was tempered by dismay over the government shutdown that was led by congressional Republicans who want to block the health insurance reforms.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — The standoff that partially shut down the U.S. government persisted with no sign of a breakthrough Tuesday, as the Democratic-led Senate rejected a House Republican effort to negotiate a solution to a dispute over the health-care overhaul. About 800,000 employees — about a third of the federal workforce — are being forced off the job in the first government shutdown in 17 years, suspending most nonessential federal programs and services. People classified as essential employees — such as air traffic controllers, Border Patrol agents and most food inspectors — will continue to work. In a 54-46 party-line vote, the Senate turned aside a House request to name negotiators to a conference to resolve differences. The shutdown began when Congress missed a midnight deadline Monday to pass temporary funding bill, stalled by conservative efforts to push through a delay in President Barack Obama’s health law. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not negotiate as long as Republicans were holding up a straightforward spending bill to keep the government operating. It wasn’t clear how long the impasse would last. The Senate vote marked the fourth time during this fight that it has rejected House Republican proposals, including an initial attempt to defund the healthcare program altogether. House Republicans answered the latest Senate vote with a proposal for legislation to reopen portions of the government, including iconic national parks like Yosemite and Yellowstone, while still demanding concessions on health care. The idea was swiftly rejected by White House spokesman Jay Carney as “not a serious approach.” Obama said House Republicans have shut down the government over an “ideological crusade” against his health-care law. In a White House speech, the president said Republicans should not be able to hold the entire economy “hostage.” White House communications director Jennifer Palmieri told MSNBC that the administration is open to changes in the health-care law in future negotiations, but not as part of passing a budget bill. The stalemate pits Democrats against a core of conservative small-government activists who have mounted a campaign to seize the must-do budget measure in an effort to dismantle the 2010 health care reform, which is intended to provide coverage for the millions of Americans now uninsured.

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On Saturday, November 9th, the Advocate, with the generous support of the local business community, will pay tribute to those who have answered Canada’s call in time of need by publishing a very special pictorial section honouring our veterans. In Search of Pictures and Stories . . . of yourself, your family, loved ones or friends who have served in the Canadian Armed Forces during World War I, World War II, the Korean ConÀict, Desert Storm, Afghanistan or any of Canada’s Peacekeeping Missions.

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Rock slide devastates family BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BUENA VISTA, Colo. — All five people who were killed in a Colorado rock slide and a teenage girl who survived with the help of her father were members of the same family, authorities said Tuesday. The girl was airlifted to a Denver hospital with a broken leg after being dug out by rescuers. Deputy Nick Tolsma said he saw her hand sticking out from the rocks and helped pull her out. The girl said her father had protected her from the rocks, he said. “She told me at the last second when the boulders were coming down on top of them that he covered her up and protected her which I believe it saved her life,” Tolsma said. The names and ages of the family members haven’t been released. Chaffee County Undersheriff John Spezze said the family was from Buena Vista, Colo. A search team set out Tuesday to recover the bodies. Four can probably be recovered using hand tools, but special equipment will be needed to dislodge a huge boulder and retrieve the fifth body, said David Noltensmeyer of the North End Search and Rescue team. He said the team might try moving the boulder with a heavy inflatable bag that firefighters use to lift large vehicles during rescues. The slide sent 100-ton boulders onto a viewing area overlooking Agnes Vaille falls in Chalk Creek Canyon below Mount Princeton, a 14,197-foot peak in south-central Colorado. Witnesses said some of the boulders were the size of cars. Rescuers were unable to recover the bodies Monday because the rocks were dangerously unstable. The safety of the recovery team is still a concern and lookouts will keep a close eye on the slide. “If anything moves, our people will come out,” he said. A female hiker who heard the slide

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Chaffee County Sheriff’s Deputy Kevin Everson, right, and other deputies walk out the Agnes Vaille Falls trail shortly after leaving the scene of a rock slide that killed five people Monday in Chaffee County, Colo. Deputies who reached the area rescued a teenage girl who suffered a broken leg but had to pull back after rocks kept falling from a cliff and a boulder field with rocks estimated at weighing more than 100 tons began shifting. ran down the trail and called for help, Spezze said. The area had a rainy summer and a recent snowfall, said Spezze. It was too soon to know if the weather prompted the slide, which left a football-fieldsized gash in the mountainside, he said. “It was totally unexpected. It caught everybody by surprise,” Spezze said. The trail is one of the first hikes recommended to people new to the area and is also popular with tourists, said

Margaret Dean, a regular hiker who has walked the trail with her 7-yearold grandson. Dean, a copy assistant at The Mountain Mail newspaper in Salida, said the trail is easily accessible and provides a view of the falls and the Chalk Creek Valley in Collegiate Peaks, which contains mountains over 14,000-feet tall. Agnes Vaille, the waterfall’s namesake, was a Denver mountaineer who died in 1925 while attempting a difficult winter climb of Longs Peak, which

rises to 14,259 feet. The U.S. Forest Service maintains the trail. Spezze said officials have asked the Forest Service for a permanent closure. The Forest Service says the trail got medium to heavy usage. The trailhead lies across from Chalk Lake campground and is near the St. Elmo ghost town, a popular stop for tourists in Colorado’s central mountains.

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Tribunal hands down death sentence BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DHAKA, Bangladesh — A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh ruled Tuesday that a senior member of the main opposition party should be put to death for his involvement in the killing of hundreds of people during the county’s independence fight against Pakistan in 1971. The verdict against Salauddin Quader Chowdhury came in a packed courtroom amid tight security in the nation’s capital, Dhaka. Fearing a backlash from opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters, authorities deployed paramilitary forces in southeastern Chittagong district, where Chowdhury was elected to Parliament six times. Hours after the verdict, Chowdhury’s supporters attacked ruling party activists and smashed and burned vehicles in Chittagong, Channel 24 television station reported. One man was injured in the violence, it said. In Dhaka, at least two vehicles were burned, the station said. Chowdhury’s party called a daylong general strike in Chittagong on Wednesday. Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said the tribunal convicted Chowdhury on nine of 23 charges, including four counts of genocide. Chowdhury was found guilty of aiding and ordering the killing of at least 200 people, mostly minority Hindus, during the war in Chittagong. “I think this is a fair trial,” Alam said. “We are happy.” During the war, Chowdhury’s father was an influential politician in the Muslim League party, which sought to prevent Bangladesh from breaking away from Pakistan.

Chowdhury’s wife, Farhat Quader Chowdhury, said her husband would appeal. “We will do whatever we need to do to show the world that this is a farce,” she said. The ruling Awami League party welcomed the verdict. The government says Pakistani soldiers, aided by local collaborators, killed 3 million people and raped 200,000 women during the nine-month war that ended in December 1971. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up the tribunal in 2010 to punish alleged collaborators. The opposition, led by former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, has criticized the trials as an attempt to weaken the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies. Six people have already been convicted of war crimes by the tribunal. Four of them are currently top officials of the country’s main Islamic party, Jamaat-e-Islami, while one is a former party chief and another is an expelled member of the party. Those verdicts led to widespread violence. Jamaat-e-islami is the main political ally of Zia’s party and is seeking to contest the next general election under a Zia-led alliance. Jamaat-e-Islami shared two posts in the Cabinet during Zia’s latest premiership in 2001-2006. The New York-based group Human Rights Watch has criticized the conduct of the tribunals, saying they are not up to international standards. Hasina’s government denies that the tribunals are biased. It says it pledged before the 2008 elections to prosecute those responsible for war crimes and that its 14-party political alliance won that election with a two-thirds majority.

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Bangladesh opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior leader Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, waves to media as he arrives to appear before a special war crimes tribunal in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday.

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HWANGE, Zimbabwe — HWANGE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The stench of rotting elephant carcasses hangs in the air in western Zimbabwe where wildlife officials say at least 91 elephants were poisoned with cyanide by poachers who hack off the tusks for the lucrative illegal ivory market. Massive bones, some already bleached by the blistering sun in the Hwange National Park, litter the landscape around one remote watering hole where 18 carcasses were found. Officials say cyanide used in gold mining was spread by poachers over the flat “salt pans,” also known as natural, mineral rich salt licks, around water holes. They say lions, hyenas and vultures have died from feeding on contaminated carcasses or drinking nearby. “The magnitude of what we are witnessing today is much higher that what has occurred previously,” environment minister Saviour Kasukuwere told re-

porters on a trip to the park Monday. Cyanide attacks the bloodstream, kills almost instantly and causes rapid decomposition. Most of the poisoned elephants died in the past month. The chemical is commonly used by illegal gold panners to separate the metal from surrounding ore and is easily available. Nine suspected poachers have been arrested this month after the biggest, most brutal poaching spree on record. Three men were sentenced to up to 16 years in jail. The Hwange park, stretching over 14,000 square kilometres (5,400 square miles) has one of the highest concentrations of elephants in Africa. Kasukuwere, newly appointed to the environment ministry after disputed elections won by longtime President Robert Mugabe in July, said Zimbabwe will intensify efforts to campaign among world nations to curb the illegal trade.

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Superstore workers reject offer LIKELIHOOD OF A PROVINCEWIDE STRIKE INCREASES BY HARLEY RICHARDS ADVOCATE BUSINESS EDITOR Alberta Superstore workers have rejected a contract offer from Loblaw Companies Ltd., increasing the likelihood of a provincewide strike this Sunday. Christine McMeckan, a communication representative with the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 401, said employees at Real Canadian Superstore and Real Canadian Liquorstore outlets voted on the company proposal Sunday and Monday. Ninety-eight per cent of those from the Edmonton and Calgary areas who cast ballots voted

to turn down the offer, while workers at stores elsewhere in Alberta combined for a 96 per cent rejection rate. UFCW Local 401 issued Loblaw with notice on Sept. 26 that its members would hit the picket lines on Oct. 6 if an agreement wasn’t reached by then. McMeckan said the main points of contention include reduced hours for Superstore’s mostly part-time workforce. Loblaw also wants to roll back wages in the case of new hires and give existing employees only “nominal” wage increases, she added. The company has also not responded to a UFCW demand that sick workers receive some compensation for their days

off, said McMeckan. That’s important to help ensure employees who are ill stay home and not jeopardize food safety, she explained. “We have bargaining planned for Thursday and Friday, but unless the employer comes back with something drastically different in those key areas we will be on strike Sunday,” said McMeckan. She confirmed that the strike would be provincewide. There are approximately 8,500 Superstore employees in Alberta, including about 300 in Red Deer. The Advocate was not able to obtain comment from Loblaw on Tuesday. But Julija Hunter, the company’s vicepresident of public relations,

said previously that her company was committed to reaching a negotiated settlement and did not want to comment on specific issues during the collective bargaining process. She confirmed that Loblaw does have “contingency plans” should a strike occur. “We know that they will hire scabs and rely on scab labour in order to operate their stores,” said McMeckan. “We will be doing our very best to talk to the public and have them support us. “The workers will be out there handing out leaflets, letting the public know what the issues are and asking the public to stay away while we’re on strike and shop at any other place that is not a Loblaw op-

eration.” Superstore and Extra Foods workers in Manitoba recently reached a tentative agreement with Loblaw, but a ratification vote will not take place until later this month, said McMeckan. She said that deal won’t serve as a precedent for Alberta, because the economy and scale of operations in Manitoba are much different. Superstore employees in Alberta have never gone out on strike, although they have voted in favour of such action in the past. “We’re not optimistic, but we’re always hopeful,” said McMeckan of the current situation. hrichards@reddeeradvocate. com

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A woman is given a demonstration of Optinvent ORA-S augmented reality glasses at the GLAZED Conference, a conference for the business of wearable technology, in San Francisco. The digital domain is creeping off our desktops and onto our bodies, from music players that match your tunes to your heartbeat, to mood sweaters that change color depending on your emotional state.

Market done for season but setting up in mall Shop-local advocates feeling a bit lost after the Red Deer Market closes for another season on Oct. 12 may find some relief at Parkland Mall. The north Red Deer shopping centre is setting up a Mall Street Market for the second consecutive fall. Scheduled to run from Oct. 17 to 20, it will feature products from Central Alberta vendors. “It’s a great opportunity for the community to get out and enjoy some of the fine products that the vendors in the Central Alberta region have to offer,” said Krista Dunstan, marketing director at Parkland Mall. Plus, she added, the Mall Street Market can help new and existing businesses gain a foothold. Customers will be able to nominate their favourite vendor for the title of Mall Street Mogul — recognition that brings with it two months of free rent at a mall kiosk, as well as business coaching from Community Futures.

Canola body seeks director The Alberta Canola Producers Commission is looking for a producer to represent much of Central Alberta. The commission is seeking nominations for a director for Region 7, which encompasses Red Deer County, Lacombe County, Ponoka County, Clearwater County and the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10. The person elected would serve for three years, and would be eligible to sit for two consecutive terms. Nominees must grow canola in the region, and have paid the ACPC a service charge on canola sold since Aug. 1, 2011. They can be an individual, corporation, partnership or other organization. Additional information can be obtained online at www.canola.ab.ca or by calling the ACPC office at 1-800-551-6652. Nominations are also being sought for directors for ACPC regions 1, 4 and 10.

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al development at Olds College, agreed. “We have seen lots of interest so far and are looking forward to watching the contest progress.” Held annually, the RED Challenge is being organized by Red Deer College, Olds College, the City of Red Deer, Red Deer Regional Economic Development and Alberta Innovates. It’s open to students who are enrolled in a post-secondary institution, or have been within the past year. Applications will be accepted until Oct. 11 at 4 p.m., with selected candidates asked to participate in a Community Futures business planning bootcamp later in the month and submit a business plan by Nov. 30. Finalists will then take

part in presentation prep courses in December and then pitch their ideas to a panel of local business people in January. In addition to the prize money with which to start their business, the winner will receive mentoring and support from Community Futures and office space at Red Deer College for a year. Last year, Mike Kozlowski and Kristen Carlson won the RED Challenge for their Steel Pony Farm. It’s a small-scale agricultural operation that uses natural and organic methods to grow products for direct sale to consumers. Additional information about the 2013 RED Challenge, including how to apply, can be found online at www.REDchallenge.ca.

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Bank lowers The potentially mixed signals growth forecast of the price-to-earnings ratio BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has lowered its forecasts for economic growth in the second half of 2013 and possibly for next year, citing a more prudent consumer and an export sector that has yet to fully recover. Senior deputy governor Tiff Macklem said Tuesday that the central bank no longer expects the JulySeptember period to grow at a rate of 3.8 per cent as previously forecast. Instead, the bank says the third quarter will likely show an economy that advanced at a more moderate pace of 2.0 per cent to 2.5 per cent, the same speed it now expects will continue in the fourth quarter. Previously, it had penciled in a 2.5 per cent expansion for the last three months of the year. The Canadian dollar dipped on the news and closed down 0.21 of a cent at 96.85 cents US on Tuesday. The new projections were unveiled in an advance copy of a speech delivered by Macklem to a business audience in Toronto. It was an unusual occurrence for the central bank, which normally issues new forecasts during its quarterly monetary policy reports. The next report will be issued Oct. 23. It was unclear why the bank decided to jump the gun, other than that early indicators have pointed to a more subdued bounce-back for the third quarter. A report Monday on gross domestic product from Statistics Canada found the economy advanced by 0.6 per cent in July, a good monthly number but less than would be necessary to jump-start the quarter to a near four per cent surge. In the speech, Macklem explained that Canadians had become more cautious about spending, a welcome development giving that debt levels are already at record highs in relation to income. “This is good news,” Macklem said. “But this newfound and welcome household prudence is dampening growth. To replace this growth, we need a rotation in demand toward exports and business investment.” “Unfortunately, this rotation has proven elusive.”

Diesel fuel shortage hits Western Canada BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Suncor Energy is reporting a shortage of diesel fuel in some parts of Western Canada. The energy giant says the shortage is mainly affecting its Petro-Pass commercial customers — mostly truckers and farmers. A Suncor (TSX:SU) spokeswoman says the shortage began Monday and there is no immediate word on how long it might last. Calgary-based Suncor did not release the cause of the shortage. Suncor calls itself one of the region’s largest diesel fuel producers. People in Western Canada suffered through a diesel shortage last November and in November 2011.

Over the summer I read a num- depression, came to understand ber of books related to my two the economic value of buying passions: military history and in- something at a discount. vesting. Neff’s track record, according One that really struck accord to a number of reviews of his cawith me is John P. Reese’s Guru reer, was based on buying stocks Investor. that had a low PE ratio, compared It’s a great read to the market index — that keeps the numin the case of Canadian bers and statistics investors, the S&P/TSX that are very imporComposite. tant in understanding For Neff, stocks that investing success but had a PE ratio that was also makes the very at least 50 per cent less valuable connection than the market averto the various subage were to be considjects’ biographies. ered relatively cheap. It allows us to unIf we use the iShares derstand the psyche S&P/TSX 60 ETF as an behind their success. approximation of the I’d like to take this market’s PE, then we JOHN week’s column to diswould be looking for MACKENZIE cuss the work of anothcommon stocks with a er “famous” and suc- ACTION COACH PE ratio of not more cessful investor that than 7.5, given that curReese talks about in rently the iShares S&P/ his book. TSX 60 ETF is trading at a PE raMy students will tell you that I tio of about 15. use a lot examples related to WarOf course, as we all have ren Buffett’s career. learned in recent years, a stock’s This week I am going to focus price can significantly depreciate on John Neff. for very valid reasons. Conservative (with a small “c”) So earnings growth must also and a child of that generation who be evident, with the firm having grew up in the 1930s, Neff went on produced at least seven per cent to have a better than 30-year in- EPS growth over a reasonable pevestment management career. riod of time. His success was demonstrated Demand for a company’s prodin the compounded average an- ucts or services must also be nual return of 13.7 per cent that proven by consistent sales growth. his fund, The Windsor Fund, According to Reese and other auachieved from 1964 to 1995 — a thors, Neff required that sales return, according to author John growth be at least 70 per cent of P. Reese, that was just under the firm’s EPS growth. three per cent better than the Finally, like so many other sucreturn on the S&P 500 index over cessful investors, Neff collected the same period. dividends from many of his investPut another way, that addi- ments. So a solid dividend track tional three per cent return on record was another key to Neff’s investment (ROI) meant that a success. $1,000 investment in Neff’s WindUsing Google Finance, I ran a sor Fund effectively provided in- screen using the above criteria vestors the equivalent of an ad- and found that many of the stocks ditional 1.5 years compounding that met these criterion were in — potentially giving the investor fact REITs (real estate investment the opportunity to retire a year trusts). and half early. My point is not to say whethHow did Neff achieve such a er REITs are a good investment, track record? now or in the future, but rather to A c c o r d i n g t o N e f f ’ s w r i t - demonstrate that screens such as ings, it was his focus on buy- Neff’s can help us identify coming cheap stocks; measured by a panies or sectors of the economy low price-to-earnings (PE) ratio, that we may want to turn our eyes strong earnings per share (EPS), towards and delve into with more sales growth and a focus on divi- research. dends. Many of the REITs found in the For example, according to Re- Google screen had PE ratios sigese, Neff, having grown up in the nificantly below seven, and very

high dividend yields, well above the minimum two per cent threshold set out in the screen. Low PE ratios and high dividend yields are a double-edged sword. On the one hand, a low PE ratio indicates that the price of a stock many be cheaper relative to other stocks. However, a high dividend yield can be indicative of higher risk. After all, management must be able to sustain the high dividend payout. REITs can have particular challenges if interest rates rise substantially. Mortgages used to finance real estate investments will eventually rise, and as they do management’s ability to pay interest to their bankers, while continuing to pay out current dividend yields will, at least in the medium term, be questioned by market participants. So low PE ratios may be telling us that REIT unit prices are low for good reason? Collectively, investors may be telling us that they do not offer the value being signaled in the high dividend yield. Only solid research will provide you — the investor — the answer that fits your investment psychology. Yield can provide income but you must be willing to psychologically, and financially, withstand a drop in the value of your investments, despite whether you bought them when they had a low PE ratio or not. As I discussed in earlier articles, stock screeners and the use of ratios to determine which investments to buy or sell are a starting point that must be backed up by good research and a willingness to buy for the long term. Easy Money is written by Patrick O’Meara, a former instructor at Red Deer College’s Donald School of Business, who is now chair of finance and accounting programs at Centennial College in Toronto. He can be reached at theinnovativescholar@gmail.com.

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It will expand its high-speed network with Long-Term Evolution (LTE) technology to more of the province’s communities and also offer more telecom services to business customers, particularly those in the oilpatch. The company noted it has already invested more than $1 billion in its network in the province over the last decade. “It continues to be a market where there’s lots of growth potential, where the population is growing strongly, and the economy booming based on the strength of oil and expanding into many other areas as well,” Rob Bruce, president of the company’s communications division, said in a release Tuesday. Rogers recently bought Pivot Data Centres in Calgary and Edmonton for $155 million from Sverica International, a private equity investment firm. Rogers also announced it has lead sponsorship and marketing rights for the Oilers, arena Rexall Place and major junior team Edmonton Oil Kings for the next 13 years. That will include advertising placements and arena signs. Rogers also owns and operates the Toronto Blue Jays and the Rogers Centre in Toronto and has a 38 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, a professional sports company that has among its properties the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leaks, NBA’s Toronto Raptors and Toronto FC of Major League Soccer. The company is also the lead sponsor or broadcast partner of the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leaf, tennis’ Rogers Cup, international soccer and mixed martial arts UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship).

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Diversified and Industrials Agrium Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . 87.07 ATCO Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.53 BCE Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44.25 BlackBerry . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.19 Bombardier . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.83 Brookfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 38.92 Cdn. National Railway . 106.03 Cdn. Pacific Railway. . . 129.27 Cdn. Utilities . . . . . . . . . . 35.66 Capital Power Corp . . . . 21.54 Cervus Equipment Corp 20.62 Dow Chemical . . . . . . . . 38.31 Enbridge Inc. . . . . . . . . . 42.44 Finning Intl. Inc. . . . . . . . 23.98 Fortis Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.69 General Motors Co. . . . . 35.91 Parkland Fuel Corp. . . . . 18.31 Sirius XM . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.39 SNC Lavalin Group. . . . . 43.68 Stantec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . 54.30 Telus Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . 34.21 Transalta Corp.. . . . . . . . 13.48 Transcanada. . . . . . . . . . 45.20 Consumer Canadian Tire . . . . . . . . . 92.21 Gamehost . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.89 Leon’s Furniture . . . . . . . 13.00 Loblaw Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . 45.52 Maple Leaf Foods. . . . . . 13.26 MARKETS CLOSE The Toronto stock market closed higher Tuesday as traders hoped that a partial shutdown of the U.S. government won’t last long enough to cause serious damage to the U.S. economy. The S&P/TSX composite index climbed 60.25 points to 12,847.44, held back by mining stocks which fell alongside prices for oil and metals. Falling commodity prices and a weaker economic outlook from the Bank of Canada helped push the Canadian dollar down 0.21 of a cent to 96.85 cents US, even as the American dollar weakened against other currencies. The bank’s senior deputy governor, Tiff Macklem, said the central bank expects third- and fourth-quarter growth to come in at two to 2.5 per cent. It had previously forecast growth in the July-September period at 3.8 per cent and at 2.5 per cent in the final quarter. Strong manufacturing data helped send U.S. indexes higher after Congress failed to approve a short-term funding agreement before midnight Monday night due to a political impasse rooted in a long-running dispute over President Barack Obama’s health-care law. The Dow Jones industrials ticked 62.03 points higher to 15,191.7, the Nasdaq climbed 46.5 points to 3,817.98 and the S&P 500 index gained 13.45 points to 1,695. The Institute for Supply Management’s September index showed rising expansion, coming in at 56.2 on top of a 55.7 reading in August. Economists had expected the index to ease slightly to 55. The clock is also ticking towards an even more worrisome prospect, an Oct. 17 deadline when the U.S. government hits its debt limit and begins to run out of cash to pay its bills. Despite the current impasse, critical parts of the government, from the military to air traffic controllers, will remain in operation. Analysts said significant damage to the U.S. economy was unlikely unless the shutdown lasted more than a few days. But with the Republican-controlled House and Democratic-controlled Senate in a stalemate, it was unclear how long the shutdown would last. Meanwhile, the shutdown is being felt in creating an absence of what is usually market-moving data.

Rona Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.96 Shoppers . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.48 Tim Hortons . . . . . . . . . . 60.04 Wal-Mart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73.59 WestJet Airlines . . . . . . . 25.36 Mining Barrick Gold . . . . . . . . . . 18.60 Cameco Corp. . . . . . . . . 18.94 First Quantum Minerals . 18.59 Goldcorp Inc. . . . . . . . . . 26.06 Hudbay Minerals. . . . . . . . 8.34 Kinross Gold Corp. . . . . . . 5.08 Potash Corp.. . . . . . . . . . 32.86 Sherritt Intl. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.76 Teck Resources . . . . . . . 27.41 Energy Arc Energy . . . . . . . . . . . 26.28 Badger Daylighting Ltd. . 65.05 Baker Hughes. . . . . . . . . 49.66 Bonavista . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.90 Bonterra Energy . . . . . . . 55.83 Cdn. Nat. Res. . . . . . . . . 32.82 Cdn. Oil Sands Ltd. . . . . 19.85 Canyon Services Group. 12.03 Cenovous Energy Inc. . . 30.81 CWC Well Services . . . . 0.760 Encana Corp. . . . . . . . . . 17.94 Essential Energy. . . . . . . . 2.73 Exxon Mobil . . . . . . . . . . 86.00 On Tuesday, traders were also supposed to take in the latest reading on construction spending but numbers were held up because of the shutdown. The TSX industrial sector 1.5 gained per cent with Canadian National Railway (TSX:CNR) ahead $1.66 to $106.03. The energy sector rose 0.87 per cent while oil prices were lower for a third day amid worries about the effect of the shutdown on the U.S. economy and weak Chinese manufacturing data. The November crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange dropped 29 cents to US$102.04 a barrel. Canadian Natural Resources (TSX:CNQ) improved by 45 cents to C$32.82. Utilities also lent support, up 1.13 per cent with Atlantic Power (TSX:ATP) ahead 31 cents to $4.73. Miners were the biggest TSX weight with the gold sector down about 2.6 per cent as prices for the traditional safe haven retreated. The December contract fell $40.90 to US$1,286.10 an ounce. Barrick Gold Corp. (TSX:ABX) dropped 58 cents to C$18.60. The base metals sector was down 1.4 per cent while metal prices were also lower with December copper down five cents at US$3.27 a pound. First Quantum Minerals (TSX:FM) shed 59 cents to C$18.59. In corporate news, shares in automaker Ford rose 32 cents or 1.9 per cent to US$17.19 in New York as its U.S. sales rose six per cent in September, with strong car sales making up for slower sales of SUVs. But General Motors dipped six cents to $35.91 as its September sales dropped 11 per cent from a year ago. Even the company’s big pickup trucks saw sales declines, with the Chevy Silverado down almost 11 per cent and the GMC Sierra off two per cent. MARKET HIGHLIGHTS Highlights at close Tuesday. Stocks: S&P/TSX Composite Index — 12,847.44 up 60.25 points TSX Venture Exchange — 942.04 up 0.88 point TSX 60 — 736.88 up 3.99 points Dow — 15,191.70 up 62.03 points S&P 500 — 1,695 up 13.45

Halliburton Co. . . . . . . . . 48.60 High Arctic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.59 Husky Energy . . . . . . . . . 29.64 Imperial Oil . . . . . . . . . . . 45.10 Pengrowth Energy . . . . . . 6.16 Penn West Energy . . . . . 11.79 Pinecrest Energy Inc. . . . 0.510 Precision Drilling Corp . . 10.41 Suncor Energy . . . . . . . . 37.15 Talisman Energy . . . . . . . 12.40 Trican Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . 13.75 Trinidad Energy . . . . . . . 10.21 Vermilion Energy . . . . . . 57.54 Financials Bank of Montreal . . . . . . 69.18 Bank of N.S. . . . . . . . . . . 59.45 CIBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.60 Cdn. Western . . . . . . . . . 31.16 Carfinco . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.03 Great West Life. . . . . . . . 30.01 IGM Financial . . . . . . . . . 48.33 Intact Financial Corp. . . . 62.87 Manulife Corp. . . . . . . . . 17.28 National Bank . . . . . . . . . 85.69 Rifco Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.47 Royal Bank . . . . . . . . . . . 66.71 Sun Life Fin. Inc.. . . . . . . 33.12 TD Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.30 points Nasdaq — 3,817.98 up 46.50 points Currencies at close:. Cdn — 96.85 cents US, down 021 of a cent Pound — C$1.6728, up 0.50 of a cent Euro — C$1.3965, up 0.28 of a cent Euro — US$1.3525, down 0.02 of a cent Oil futures: US$102.04 per barrel, down 29 cents (November contract)Gold futures: US$1,286.10 per oz., down $40.90 (December contract) Canadian Fine Silver Handy and Harman: $22.30 per oz., down $1.192 $716.95 per kg., down $38.32

New rules scaring away needed foreign investment: Prentice BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s new rules on foreign takeovers by state-owned firms are scaring away needed investment, threatening oilpatch development and hurting the economy, former Conservative minister Jim Prentice warned Tuesday. The CIBC senior executive and former Harper government industry minister, regarded by many as a potential future leadership candidate, issued the blunt assessment in a speech in London, England, that contains some indirect criticism of his former colleagues. In particular, the speech singles out the government’s decision late last year to all but limit investment by state-owned enterprises in the oilpatch to minority stakes. The policy shift followed months of agonizing over the proposed takeover of two Alberta energy firms — Nexen Inc. and Progress Energy — by Chinese and Malaysian state interests, respectively, which were eventually approved. Prentice said he supports the policy, but warns it has already caused negative blowback — and that Ottawa needs to do a better job convincing potential suitors the country needs and welcomes their business. “Not everyone is getting the message that Canada remains open to the world,” Prentice says in speaking notes released to The Canadian Press. “In fact, some are coming to believe the

opposite.” He cites his experiences at CIBC in noting that large companies from nonmarket economies have been thinking twice about basing their international energy operations in Canada. “These companies have their eye on Canada, but they don’t want to be rejected,” Prentice says in the speech. “And if these companies don’t wind up (basing) their operations in Canada, they will do so in London, Houston or another energy or financial capital.” Those large firms are in the vanguard of the transformation of the global energy marketplace and want to locate in a stable, western country, Prentice says — and Canada is scaring them off. Investment in Canadian energy firms has fallen off the map since the policy announcement, he adds. Foreign investment in Canada has dropped precipitously this year — $2 billion so far in 2013, down 92 per cent from $27 billion during the same period last year, Prentice says. Mergers and acquisitions to date in 2013 have fallen to $8 billion, compared with $66 billion for the same stretch of 2012. Just as troubling, he says, is the fact that investment from Chinese stateowned enterprises — arguably the major target of the new policy — has now “essentially stopped.” The policy is not the only reason investment has fallen dramatically, but is a contributing factor, Prentice said in an interview as he urged the government to assess the impact of the changes.

American oil sands opponents turn their attention to B.C. pipeline proposals

TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE TORONTO — The TSX Venture Exchange closed on Tuesday at 942.04, up 0.88 point. The volume at 4:20 p.m. ET was 130.80 million shares. ICE Futures Canada WINNIPEG — Closing prices: Canola: Nov. ’13 $4.30 lower $477.40; Jan. ’14 $4.10 lower $486.90; March ’14 $4.50 lower $493.70; May ’14 $4.60 lower $500.00; July ’14 $5.00 lower $505.30; Nov. ’14 $4.60 lower $499.80; Jan ’15 $4.50 lower $501.90; March ’15 $4.50 lower $500.90; May ’15 $4.50 lower $498.50; July ’15 $4.50 lower $498.50; Nov. ’15 $4.50 lower $498.50. Barley (Western): Oct. ’13 $0.70 higher $149.00; Dec ’13 $0.70 higher $152.00; March ’14 $0.70 higher $154.00; May ’14 $0.70 higher $155.00; July ’14 $0.70 higher $155.00; Oct. ’14 $0.70 higher $155.00; Dec. ’14 $0.70 higher $155.00; March ’15 $0.70 higher $155.00; May ’15 $0.70 higher $155.00; July ’15 $0.70 higher $155.00; Oct. ’15 $0.70 higher $155.00. Tuesday’s estimated volume of trade: 460,940 tonnes of canola; 0 tonnes of barley (Western Barley) Total: 460,940.

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BY THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER — Oil sands opponents who have used their public relations muscle to fight the Keystone XL pipeline that would flow from Canada into the United States are turning their sights on two pipeline proposals in British Columbia. Although neither the Trans Mountain nor the Northern Gateway projects cross the border on land, the American arm of the conservation group Forest Ethics said the pipelines will result in an additional 700-plus tankers traversing the waters off the Pacific coast. “From pipelines to tankers to crudeby-rail, we’re facing an onslaught of new oil proposals, many of them toxic oilsands oil, that would turn the Pacific Northwest into a giant shipping lane for oil, gas and for coal,” spokesman Matt Krogh said at a news conference Tuesday in Seattle. “This is a cross-border question. It has cross-border impacts.” Forest Ethics and others have fought a high-profile, celebrity-populated campaign against the proposed Keystone XL pipeline in the United States, stalling for several years the project that would deliver oilsands bitumen from northern Alberta to refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast. A final decision from President Barack Obama on Keystone is expected in the coming months, Krogh said, and attention is turning toward the impact that oil shipments to the B.C. coast will have, including tankers and an in-

crease in oil-by-rail from Canada. “You’re seeing the first steps in an international wall being created that’s actually going to stop tar sands export,” Krogh said. Canadian conservation groups, including Forest Ethics in this country, have long been battling the B.C. pipeline projects. The campaign south of the border was launched with a website tarsandssos.org, featuring real-time tracking of all tankers in and out of Kinder Morgan’s tanker terminal in Burnaby — the terminus of its Trans Mountain pipeline from Alberta. On Tuesday, the website showed the Liberian-flagged Aqualiberty and the U.S.-flagged Sea Reliance moored in Burrard Inlet. The Northern Gateway pipeline proposed by Calgary-based Enbridge (TSX:ENB) would deliver 525,000 barrels of petroleum a day to a tanker terminal in Kitimat, on the north coast of B.C. Kinder Morgan’s proposed expansion of its existing Trans Mountain line would increase its capacity from 300,000 barrels a day to 890,000. A Kinder Morgan official said that Canada and the United States have a shared interest in the safe transport of oil through the Salish Sea. A federal panel weighing the Northern Gateway terminal will issue its report to the federal cabinet by the end of the year, and Kinder Morgan is expected — after much discussion of its expansion plans — to officially file an application for the Trans Mountain line later this year.

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(MS) Drivers rarely think of the tires on their vehicles until they have a flat. But the type of tires on your vehicle can impact its performance. When choosing tires for their vehicles, drivers should consider a host of factors, including the terrain and driving conditions vehicles are likely to encounter.

Because new cars have become so expensive, more and more vehicle owners are looking for ways to extend the life of their vehicles. The longer a car can stay on the road, the better an investment that vehicle becomes. Fortunately, there are several steps vehicle owners can take that should ensure their vehicles stay on the road for years to come.

Understanding tires and what makes some a better fit than others for certain vehicles can make for safe driving and improved handling.

• Scale back on short trips. The toll cold starts take on a vehicle can add up over time. When a car is started, condensation builds up in the vehicle’s exhaust system. On longer trips, that condensation will gradually evaporate. However, on short trips, that condensation often does not have enough time to evaporate, and over time too many short trips will lead to an accumulation of water in the muffler that can lead to rust and rust holes on the muffler. Short trips also can negatively affect gas mileage. When possible, leave your car at home on trips into town when you can just as easily walk or ride a bicycle. Over time, reducing the amount of short trips you take in your car will greatly reduce wear and tear on your vehicle and improve your fuel efficiency as well.

All-season tires The most common type of tire and arguably the best known is the standard all-season tire. Many vehicles come equipped with these tires, which are designed to be versatile enough to grip the road in various conditions. They are commonly made of a harder rubber that will not wear out quickly and will retain their tread. Most day-to-day driving can be done on all-season tires.

High-performance tires People who live in dry climates or drive sports can benefit from high-performance tires. These tires are specifically designed to grip the road better and offer superior handling under higher speeds. Because high-performance tires are made of a softer rubber compared to standard tires, they will not last as long as all-season tires.

Snow/Ice tires People who live in snowy, icy conditions will benefit from the use of snow tires. These tires are designed with special treads to offer more traction in slippery conditions. The rubber used to manufacture the tire can remain flexible even at extremely low temperatures. Winter tires are best reserved for extreme weather and not used all season long because they will wear out more quickly than others. They may not have the same level of traction on clear roads. In some cases, winter tires may have metal studs included to enhance traction in icy situations. Although Alberta doesn’t have restrictions on metal studded tires, familiarize yourself with local laws if you’re heading out of province during the winter months; both B.C. and Manitoba limit studded tire use to the months between October 1 and April 30.

Mud Tires Muddy areas can be just as slippery as snowy conditions. Mud tires are designed similarly to snow tires but will have extra grooves and a tread pattern that facilitates movement of mud away from the tires and road. Mud tires may be wider than standard tires as well. Drivers of trucks or sport-utility vehicles often need special truck tires. These tires can better handle the weight and size of a larger vehicle. Many drivers stick with the type of tire that originally came with their truck. Drivers who like to go off-roading may need an all-terrain tire to offer more traction when climbing hills or traversing different conditions. It can be easy to overlook the importance of tires, but tires help vehicles remain on the road and can affect mileage, maneuverability and safety.

• Keep your tires properly inflated. Tires that are under-inflated will negatively impact your vehicle’s fuel efficiency. In addition, the tires’ life expectancy is reduced considerably when tires are not properly inflated. Routinely check your tire pressure, especially if you drive a lot, and keep tires inflated at the pressure recommended in your vehicle’s owner’s manual. • Take care of your vehicle’s interior, too. Caring for a car is not just about being good to what’s under the hood. Caring for the car’s interior will not necessarily impact its performance, but a well-kept interior will improve how you look at your vehicle and how much you enjoy driving it. The longer you enjoy driving your vehicle, the longer you are likely to keep it. Preserve the vehicle’s door and window seals; clean the dashboard, including the gauges, vacuum the floor mats; and wipe down the vehicle’s interior, whether it’s cloth or leather. Keeping up the appearance of the car’s interior will make the vehicle more enjoyable to drive and increase its value at resale.

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• Pay attention to brake pads. Brake pads that are allowed to wear down can cause damage to the brakes’ rotors and calipers. That damage can prove costly and make things harder on your vehicle. Keep an eye on your vehicle’s brake pads, which are far less expensive to replace than rotors and calipers, and do not allow them to wear down to metal.

• Stick to the manufacturer’s recommended maintenance schedule. Adhering to your vehicle’s maintenance schedule serves many purposes, including improving the its durability and protecting various components, including its cooling system and drivetrain. While many manufacturers used to

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(MS) Many drivers may find the idea of keeping a vehicle that has surpassed the 100,000 km mark preposterous. However, perhaps due to the rising cost of new vehicles, many drivers now recognize the benefits of keeping their vehicles for the long haul. According to Polk research, many of today’s drivers are keeping their cars for longer periods of time, with the average age of all cars on the road being 11 years. In October of 2011, Joe LoCicero saw his 1990 Honda Accord crack the one million mile mark, a feat for which Honda awarded him a new Accord and a parade in his hometown. There are many benefits to keeping a car longer, including the financial impact of such a decision. In a recent survey and study from Consumer Reports, the savings of keeping a vehicle for 340,000 km over 15 years versus purchasing and financing an identical model every five years equated to a savings of more than the original purchase price of the car. A person can potentially save $20,000 or more on a properly maintained older car. Keeping a car running beyond 300,000 km was once pure luck. Cars made 10 to 20 years ago might not have been up to the task. Improvements in rust prevention, lubricants and engine technology have made it easier for today’s vehicles to last longer. But as durable and reliable as today’s cars may be, AAA notes the importance of regular maintenance. Knowing your car is one of the first ways to make sure it gets the service it needs. Over time, many drivers start to identify warning signs, such as abnormal noises or if the vehicle simply feels off when out on the road. Finding a mechanic that can be trusted is an important step for drivers who want to keep their vehicles going strong for years to come. A driver is more likely to bring the car in for service if the price is right and he or she does not feel like any costly and unnecessary repairs are being recommended. Building a good relationship with a mechanic can keep a car working longer. Newer model year cars can be taken to dealership mechanics, who may have a better working knowledge of newer electronics and the subtleties of specific models of cars. The owner’s manual should not be something that simply takes up space inside the glove compartment. It is worthy of a read. Understanding the recommended maintenance schedule and what other steps can be taken to prolong the life of the car can keep it on the road longer. Keeping the tires inflated to the proper pressure and using the right type of gasoline are the types of information that can be found in the manual. Drivers can save a lot of money on unnecessary repairs if they follow these guidelines. Many people are keeping their vehicles longer, reaching mile marks that were once unheard of. Investing in a car that has a good track record of longevity and then properly maintaining the vehicle are necessary to getting the most out of your vehicle investment.

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Rebels 4 Blades 2 SASKATOON — The Red Deer Rebels raced out to a 3-0 lead, then took their foot off the gas. In the end, however, the Rebels pulled out a 4-2 Western Hockey League win over the Saskatoon Blades before 3,767 fans at Credit Union Centre to open their four-game East Division road trip on a positive note. “Any time you can start off a trip with a win it’s huge,” said GM/head coach Brent Sutter. Conner Bleackley scored late in the first period and added a power-play marker at 3:22 of the second frame, and 16-year-old rookie forward Grayson Pawlenchuk — with his fourth of the season — gave the Rebels a three-goal cushion a mere 36 seconds after Bleackley’s third of the campaign. But David Nemecek replied for the Blades on a late second-period man advantage and when Red Deer native Colin Valcourt connected 13 minutes

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into the third period the hosts were within a single goal. “We got a little complacent in our game and got away from our details and allowed them (Blades) to get momentum,” said Sutter. “We also took a fiveminute major in the second period (a checking-tothe-head infraction to defenceman Devan Fafard) that didn’t help and allowed them to stay in the game. “But we managed to get through it. All in all, it was a big win and a good win. We had five 16-yearolds dressed tonight and outside of (back-up goaltender Taz) Burman they all played and played well.” With 20-year-old winger Lukas Sutter out of action with an upper-body injury suffered in Saturday’s 4-1 loss at Calgary and veteran forward Cory Millette not on the road trip for undisclosed reasons, the Rebels called up 16-year-old forward Meyer Nell from the midget AAA Notre Dame Argos, a move that may be permanent. “We’ll go through the week and see how he does, but that (keeping Nell on the roster for the rest of the season) is the initial thought,” said Sutter.

Nell was joined up front by fellow 16-year-olds Pawlenchuk, Adam Musil, who picked up an assist, and converted defenceman Austin Shmoorkoff. Dominik Volek potted a last-minute, empty-net goal for Red Deer, which improved to 4-1 and will take on the Raiders tonight in Prince Albert. “All road trips get tougher as they go along,” said Sutter, whose squad goes up against the Moose Jaw Warriors Friday and closes out the jaunt with a Saturday date with the Brandon Wheat Kings. “Tomorrow night (tonight) we’re playing a team we beat 4-0 in the playoffs last spring. They’re going to be ready to play and we have to make sure we’re ready,” said Sutter. “We have 10 new faces in our lineup so they have to respond the right way.” Patrik Bartosak turned aside 30 shots to earn his third win of the season. Blades netminder Alex Moodie made 31 saves. ● Lukas Sutter is listed as week-to-week with his upper-body injury. “We’ll see how his rehab goes but he’ll be out for awhile,” said Brent Sutter. gmeachem@reddeeradvocate.com

Jets ground Oilers in NHL season opener FROLIK SCORES TWICE AS JETS PUT TOGETHER TWO-GOAL RALLY FOR COME-FROM-BEHIND WIN BY THE CANADIAN PRESS Jets 5 Oilers 4 EDMONTON — Michael Frolik scored a pair of goals as the Winnipeg Jets came from behind to spoil Edmonton’s home opener with a 5-4 victory over the Oilers on Tuesday. Tied 4-4 with five minutes to play, Eric Tangradi sent a beautiful backhand pass in front to Frolik, who directed his second of the season into the net before Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk could get back across the crease. Jacob Trouba also scored and added an assist in his first NHL game for the Jets (1-0-0) who were making their first appearance as a Winnipeg team in Edmonton since 1996. Mark Scheifele and Bryan Little also scored for the Jets, while Ondrej Pavelec made 34 saves for the win. Mike Brown, Boyd Gordon, Ales Hemsky and Jesse Joensuu responded for the Oilers (0-1-0), who blew a 4-2 lead. Dubnyk stopped 23 shots. Edmonton started the scoring just over two minutes into the game as Luke Gazdic took a backhand shot from the faceoff that was later determined to have gone off Brown’s stick and eluded Pavelec. The goal was originally awarded to Gazdic, who was playing his first NHL shift, coming to the Oilers off of the waiver wire from the Dallas Stars on Sunday as Edmonton

looked for an enforcer. The Jets tied the game just over a minute later on the power play as Schiefele picked the corner with a shot from the top of the circle that Dubnyk waved at. Winnipeg went up 2-1 with just under four minutes to play in the first period as Little took a long pass from Tobias Enstrom at the blue-line before waiting for defender Nick Schultz to go down to block a shot and calmly beating Dubnyk stick-side. It was Little’s 100th career NHL goal. Edmonton tied the game two minutes later on the power play as Gordon tipped in a Justin Schultz point shot for his first as an Oiler. The Oilers out-shot Winnipeg 15-7 in the first. Edmonton went up 3-2 three and a half minutes into the second period as Hemsky worked his way into the Jets zone and beat Pavelec with a quick wrist shot from the face-off dot. The Oilers took a two-goal lead eight minutes into the second with another powerplay goal as Jordan Eberle had a couple of cracks in tight before Joensuu pounced on the rebound and put it into the empty net. Centre Mark Arcobello earned an assist for his first NHL point. The Jets got back into the game with a touch under four minutes remaining in the second period as Frolik was hit by a puck in front but picked it up and swung a shot through

Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Winnipeg Jets’ Blake Wheeler celebrates a goal against Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk during first period NHL action in Edmonton, on Tuesday. traffic past a screened Dubnyk. Winnipeg tied the game just past the midmark of the third as Trouba intercepted a long

Taylor Hall pass attempt and beat Dubnyk with a knuckler from just across the blue-line. It was Trouba’s first NHL game.

The Jets are off until Friday when they host the L.A. Kings. The Oilers travel to Vancouver to face the Canucks on Saturday.

Midget Chiefs impress after downing Canadian women’s team BY GREG MEACHEM ADVOCATE SPORTS EDITOR Optimist Chiefs 2 Canadian National Women 1 Canadian national women’s hockey team head coach Dan Church was appreciative of the Red Deer Optimist Chiefs Tuesday. He was also impressed with the midget AAA team. “This was a fast game tonight. They (Chiefs) are wellcoached and there’s a lot of good players on that side,” said Church, whose squad fell 2-1 to the Chiefs in an exhibition played before roughly 500 fans at the Red Deer Arena. “There’s a lot of good players in this area and that’s part of why they’ve been so successful over the last couple of years,” added Church, in reference to the Chiefs’ back-toback Canadian midget AAA championships. “They did a good job of pushing the pace all night.” The Canadian women will play 30 games against Alberta Midget Hockey League teams this year while preparing for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. Church, in his third season as head coach of the national squad, insisted the meetings will be crucial in preparing for the big stage. “These games are great for us because they put us is so many different situations,” he said. “Tonight we were up a goal going into the second period. Then we were tied and then down a goal with five minutes to play and had to play six on five. That really helps our players to feel comfortable if those situations

Photo by JEFF STOKOE/Advocate staff

Red Deer Optimist AAA Midget Rebel Travis Verveda checks Canadian Women’s National Team member Natalie Spooner as she sets up a first-period scoring play by teammate Jennifer Wakefield at the Arena in Red Deer Tuesday night. See a slide show of the game at reddeeradvocate.com. happen down the road. “This is also a smaller rink than we’re used to playing on and to have to play against a fast team that puts pressure on is really good for us. It’s what we want to get out of these games.” The Canadian team, which took a 5-1 record versus AMHL clubs heading into Tuesday’s outing, plays a fast-paced game

that’s right at home with the Optimist Chiefs under head coach Doug Quinn. “The women’s team was fast and we handled it well and moved the puck really well,” said Chiefs forward and Red Deer Rebels top-grade prospect Jeff de Wit. “You have to get shots on net, especially with a goalie like that.” De Wit was referring to

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veteran Canadian netminder Charline Labonte, who finished with 23 saves, the same number of stops turned in by Optimist goaltender Cole Sears. Jennifer Wakefield beat Sears with a quick volley from the high slot in the first period. Trey deGraaf pulled the home side even late in the middle frame — taking a per-

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fect crossing pass from Tyler Steenbergen and stepping around Labonte — and Steenbergen potted the winner in the third period, converting a centering feed from defenceman Andrew Nielsen. Church, who has a healthy mix of veterans and younger skaters vying for the rights to represent the country in the 2014 Olympics, hopes the heavy exhibition schedule against AMHL teams is beneficial to both sides. “I’d like to think it helps them as well. We’ve had good feedback during the first games we’ve played against the midgets,” he said. “They’re impressed with our team game and I think that’s the strength of our team and what we bring to these guys — them knowing that they have to play three solid periods against a good tactical team.” While women’s hockey does not allow body-checking, de Wit insisted it wasn’t overly difficult for the Chiefs to make the proper adjustments. “It’s different for sure, but you still have to be aggressive with them, you still have to play your game to a certain point,” he said. “For sure you’re a little more cautious than usual but you still want to give them no space and be hard on them.” Certainly the pre-game message from head coach Quinn didn’t change. “We approached the game the same way we approach every game,” said de Wit. “Our coach just said to go out and have fun and keep the intensity up.” gmeachem@reddeeradvocate. com

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SCOREBOARD Local Sports ● WHL: Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7:05 p.m. (The Drive).

Thursday

● Senior high volleyball: Notre Dame at Hunting Hills, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● JV volleyball: Notre Dame at Lindsay Thurber, girls at 6 p.m., boys to follow. ● High school football: Sylvan Lake at Lacombe, 7 p.m.

Friday

● High school football: Rocky Mountain House at Camrose, 4 p.m.; Notre Dame at Wetaskiwin, 6 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Hunting Hills, 7 p.m., Great Chief Park; Ponoka at Stettler, 7 p.m. ● College women’s volleyball: RDC Queens Wild Rose tournament. ● WHL: Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m. (The Drive). ● Midget AAA hockey: Edmonton K of C at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: High River at Three Hills, 8 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail Eagles preseason tournament — Okotoks vs. Innisfail, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

● College women’s volleyball: RDC Queens Wild Rose tournament. ● Peewee football: Red Deer Hornets at Sylvan Lake, 10 a.m.; Strathmore at Red Deer Steelers, 11 a.m., Great Chief Park; Innisfail at Stettler, 11 a.m.; Lacombe at Rocky Mountain House, 12:30 p.m.; ● Bantam football: Olds at Sylvan Lake, noon; Hunting Hills at Ponoka, 2 p.m.; Lindsay Thurber at Stettler, 2 p.m.; Lacombe at Rocky Mountain House, 3 p.m. ● Major bantam hockey: Fort Saskatchewan at Red Deer Black, 2 p.m., Arena. ● College soccer: Lakeland at RDC, women at 2 p.m., men to follow. ● Major bantam female hockey: Rocky Mountain at Red Deer,

Hockey 4:30 p.m., Kin City B. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Calgary Blue at Red Deer Aero Equipment, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Ramada, 4:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre; Wheatland at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail Eagles preseason tournament — Stony Plain vs. Bentley, 5:30 p.m.; Fort Saskatchewan vs. Okotoks, 8:30 p.m. ● WHL: Red Deer at Brandon, 6 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Red Deer Parkland at Sylvan Lake, 6:15 p.m. ● College men’s hockey: NAIT at RDC, 7:15 p.m., Penhold Regional Multiplex. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Rangers at Red Deer Indy Graphics, 7:30 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Banff Academy at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday

● College women’s volleyball: RDC Queens Wild Rose tournament. ● Peewee AA hockey: Airdrie at Red Deer Parkland, 10 a.m., Arena. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Lethbridge at Red Deer Northstar, 12:15 p.m., Arena. ● Major bantam female hockey: Edmonton at Red Deer, 12:45 p.m., Kin City B. ● Bantam AA hockey: Medicine Hat at Red Deer Steel Kings, 2:15 p.m., Kinex. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail Eagles preseason tournament — Bentley vs. Fort Saskatchewan, 2:30 p.m.; Innisfail vs. Stony Plain. 5:30 p.m. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Medicine Hat at Ponoka, 2:30 p.m.; Mountainview at Blackfalds, 3:30 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Foothills at Sylvan Lake, 2:45 p.m.; Red Deer Indy Graphics at Red Deer Elks, 5:30 p.m., Arena. ● Midget AAA hockey: Sherwood Park at Red Deer, 3:30 p.m., Arena.

AMERICAN LEAGUE TIEBREAKER (Single game elimination) Monday’s result Tampa Bay 5 Texas 2 WILD CARD GAME Wednesday’s game Tampa Bay (Cobb 11-9) at Cleveland (Salazar 2-3), 6:07 p.m. DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) Boston (1) vs. Cleveland (4) or Tampa Bay (6) Friday’s game Cleveland or Tampa Bay at Boston (Lester 15-8), 1:07 p.m. Saturday’s game Cleveland or Tampa Bay at Boston (Lackey 10-13), 3:37 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 Boston (Buchholz 12-1) at Cleveland or Tampa Bay, TBA Tuesday, Oct. 8 x-Boston at Cleveland or Tampa Bay, TBA Thursday, Oct. 10 x-Cleveland or Tampa Bay at Boston, TBA Oakland (2) vs. Detroit (3) Friday’s game Detroit (Scherzer 21-3) at Oakland (Colon 18-6), 7:37 p.m. Saturday’s game Detroit (Verlander 13-12) at Oakland (Gray 5-3), 7:07 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 Oakland (Parker 12-8) at Detroit (Sanchez 14-8), TBA

Tuesday, Oct. 8 x-Oakland (Straily 10-8) at Detroit (Fister 14-9), TBA Thursday, Oct. 10 x-Detroit at Oakland, TBA NATIONAL LEAGUE WILD CARD GAME Tuesday’s result Pittsburgh 6 Cincinnati 2 DIVISION SERIES (Best-of-5) St. Louis (1) vs. Pittsburgh (4) Thursday’s game Pittsburgh at St. Louis (Wainwright 19-9), 3:07 p.m. Friday’s game Pittsburgh at St. Louis (Lynn 15-10), 11:07 a.m. Sunday’s game St. Louis at Pittsburgh, TBA Monday, Oct. 7 x-St. Louis at Pittsburgh, TBA Wednesday Oct. 9 x-Pittsburgh at St. Louis, TBA Atlanta (2) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (3) Thursday’s game L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 16-9) at Atlanta (Medlen 15-12), 6:37 p.m. Friday’s game L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 15-4) at Atlanta (Minor 13-9 or Teheran 14-8), 4:07 p.m. Sunday’s game Atlanta (Minor 13-9 or Teheran 14-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 14-8), TBA Monday, Oct. 7 x-Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, TBA Wednesday Oct. 9 x-L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, TBA x — played only if necessary.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PICKS Central Alberta High School Football Advocate Selections

WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Prince Albert 4 4 0 0 0 24 Swift Current 4 2 1 0 1 13 Brandon 4 2 2 0 0 17 Moose Jaw 5 2 3 0 0 14 Regina 5 1 4 0 0 12 Saskatoon 4 0 4 0 0 10

GA 14 10 16 17 17 21

Pt 8 5 4 4 2 0

GF 22 19 14 12 11 7

GA 10 12 17 14 19 8

Pt 8 8 4 4 3 2

WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL GF Kelowna 3 2 0 0 1 13 Prince George 5 2 3 0 0 12 Victoria 5 2 3 0 0 12 Kamloops 4 1 3 0 0 10 Vancouver 4 1 3 0 0 5

GA 8 24 19 15 15

Pt 5 4 4 2 2

GA 6 17 16 4 17

Pt 8 6 5 4 3

Medicine Hat Red Deer Edmonton Kootenay Lethbridge Calgary

Thursday Sylvan Lake Lakers (1-11) at Lacombe Rams (1-1-0), 7 p.m. — A huge game in the battle for second place in the pool. The Lakers are starting to come together after a slow start, as are the Rams. Lacombe needs to stop RB Landon Rosene if they hope to win. Just a feeling, but pick: Sylvan Lake.

Lindsay Thurber Raiders (1-0-1) at Hunting Hills Lightning (2-0-0), 7 p.m., Great Chief Park — A huge game with first place on the line. The Lightning’s offence has been almost unstoppable this season and despite their quickness on defence the Raiders will have some problems. The Raiders offence needs to take a step up and control the ball to keep it away from the Lightning offence. Pick: Hunting Hills.

Friday West Central Rebels, Rocky (1-1-0) at Camrose Trojans (1-2-0), 4 p.m. — The Rebels missed a chance to take over first place in their pool by losing to Stettler at home last week. Camrose won in Wetaskiwin, on a lastsecond single. Home field could be the difference. Pick: Camrose. Ponoka Broncos (0-2) at Stettler Wildcats (2-1-0), 7 p.m. — The Broncs have been struggling to say the least while Stettler is starting to come together. The ’Cats need the win to have a chance to finish first in their pool. Pick: Stettler.

Saturday Notre Dame Cougars (0-3) at Wetaskiwin Sabres (2-1-0), 6 p.m. — A non-conference game, but one both teams would like to win. The Cougars would like to gain some confidence before heading into their final conference game, Oct. 10 against Lindsay Thurber The Sabres want to keep their momentum as they look to finish first in their pool. Pick: Wetaskiwin. 2013 record: 15 right, five wrong .750 2012 record: 17 right, three wrong .850 43-year record: 909 right, 274 wrong .768

CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OTLSOL 5 4 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 0 0

GP 4 4 4 2 5

Spokane Seattle Portland Everett Tri-City

U.S. DIVISION W L OTLSOL 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1

GF 20 19 24 12 14

Note: a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Tuesday’s results Medicine Hat 4 Moose Jaw 2 Red Deer 4 Saskatoon 2 Victoria at Prince George, late Seattle at Tri-City, late

Saskatoon 12 13 7 — 32 Goal — Red Deer: Bartosak (W, 3-1-0); Saskatoon: Moodie (L, 0-2-0). Power plays (goals-chances)Red Deer: 1-5; Saskatoon: 1-4. Attendance — 3,767 at Saskatoon. National Hockey League standings EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT GF GA Pt Toronto 1 1 0 0 4 3 2 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 1 0 1 0 3 4 0 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 6

Pt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT GF GA Chicago 1 1 0 0 6 4 Winnipeg 1 1 0 0 5 4 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0

Pt 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

Pacific Division W L OT GF GA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5

Pt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Carolina Columbus New Jersey N.Y. Islanders N.Y. Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh Washington

Anaheim Calgary Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose Vancouver Edmonton

Wednesday’s games Edmonton at Brandon, 6 p.m. Red Deer at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Calgary at Lethbridge, 7 p.m. Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Victoria at Prince George, 8 p.m. Spokane at Portland, 8 p.m. Kelowna at Everett, 8:05 p.m.

GP 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

NOTE: Two points awarded for a win, one point for an overtime/shootout loss. Tuesday’s results Toronto 4 Montreal 3 Winnipeg 5 Edmonton 4 Chicago 6 Washington 4

Friday’s games Vancouver at Brandon, 6:30 p.m. Red Deer at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m. Edmonton at Prince Albert, 7 p.m. Kootenay at Calgary, 7 p.m. Regina at Swift Current, 7 p.m. Seattle at Medicine Hat, 7:30 p.m. Victoria at Kamloops, 8 p.m. Portland at Kelowna, 8:05 p.m. Tri-City at Everett, 8:35 p.m.

Wednesday’s games Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Buffalo at Detroit, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s summary Rebels 4, Blades 2 First Period 1. Red Deer, Bleackley 2 (Bellerive) 18:51 Penalty — Fafard RD (delay of game) 4:36. Second Period 2. Red Deer, Bleackley 3 (Dieno, Fleury) 3:22 (pp) 3. Red Deer, Pawlenchuk 4 (Musil) 3:58 4. Saskatoon, Nemecek 2 (Sherbak, Burns) 13:40 (pp) Penalties — Kirichenko Sas (hooking) 0:45, Zajac Sas (slashing) 2:19, Johnson RD (roughing) 7:00, Gaudet RD (cross-checking) 12:10, Nikkel Sktn (instigating, fighting, misconduct), Fafard RD (checking to the head major, fighting, game misconduct) 14:38, Nogier Sktn (hooking) 17:32. Third Period 5. Saskatoon, Valcourt 4 (Sherbak, Burns) 13:18 6. Red Deer, Volek 1, 19:50 (en) Penalties — Graham Sktn (tripping) 1:48, Bleackley RD (goaltender interference), Craig Sktn (crosschecking) 4:02, Pochuk Sktn (kneeing) 5:39, Nogier Sktn (tripping) 8:49. Shots on goal Red Deer 16 8 11 — 35

Thursday’s games Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Calgary at Washington, 7 p.m. Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Florida at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Phoenix, 10 p.m. Vancouver at San Jose, 10 p.m. Friday’s games Ottawa at Buffalo, 7 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Detroit at Carolina, 7 p.m. Calgary at Columbus, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Nashville at Colorado, 9 p.m. Tuesday’s summaries Jets 5, Oilers 4 First Period 1. Edmonton, Brown 1 (Gazdic, Acton) 2:21 2. Winnipeg, Scheifele 1 (Byfuglien, Enstrom) 3:25 (pp) 3. Winnipeg, Little 1 (Enstrom, Byfuglien) 16:12 4. Edmonton, Gordon 1 (Schultz, Hemsky) 18:08 (pp) Penalties — Petry Edm (delay of game) 2:45, Gordon Edm (tripping) 3:53, Byfuglien Wpg (trip-

ping) 17:51. Second Period 5. Edmonton, Hemsky 1 (Hall, Smyth) 3:38 6. Edmonton, Joensuu 1 (Eberle, Arcobello) 7:53 (pp) 7. Winnipeg, Frolik 1 (Bogosian, Trouba) 16:18 Penalties — Postma Wpg (delay of game) 7:31, Smyth Edm (holding) 9:44, Smid Edm (boarding) 13:24, Gazdic Edm, Thorburn Wpg (fighting) 17:40. Third Period 8. Winnipeg, Trouba 1, 11:06 9. Winnipeg, Frolik 2 (Tangradi, Byfuglien) 14:58 Penalties — Byfuglien Wpg (delay of game) 1:58, Byfuglien Wpg, Joensuu Edm (roughing) 4:47, Stuart Wpg (slashing) 12:16, Winnipeg bench (too many men) 17:26. Shots on goal Winnipeg 7 15 6 — 28 Edmonton 15 9 14 — 38 Goal — Winnipeg: Pavelec (W, 1-0-0); Edmonton: Dubnyk (L, 0-1-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Winnipeg: 1-4; Edmonton: 2-5. Attendance — 16,839 at Edmonton. Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 3 First Period 1. Toronto, van Riemsdyk 1 (Kessel, Franson) 8:01 (pp) 2. Montreal, Eller 1 (Diaz, Galchenyuk) 10:08 3. Montreal, Gallagher 1 (Eller, Galchenyuk) 13:54 Penalties — Eller Mtl (tripping) 6:23, Plekanec Mtl (double high-sticking) 7:18, Phaneuf Tor (boarding) 10:03, van Riemsdyk Tor (holding) 14:19. Second Period 4. Toronto, Phaneuf 1 (Kadri, Kulemin) 8:36 5. Toronto, Bozak 1, 17:19 (sh) Penalties — Montreal bench (too many men, served by Briere) 0:46, Parros Mtl, Orr Tor (fighting) 4:25, Pacioretty Mtl (hooking) 9:14, Briere Mtl (holding) 11:43, Kadri Tor (cross-checking) 12:58, Markov Mtl (unsportsmanlike conduct) 12:58, Bolland Tor (holding) 14:05, Fraser Tor (unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, fighting), Moen Mtl (unsportsmanlike conduct, fighting), 17:10. Third Period 6. Toronto, Raymond 1 (Bodie) 5:10 7. Montreal, Eller 2, 17:38 Penalties — Orr Tor, Parros Mtl (fighting, game misconduct), Ashton Tor, Tinordi Mtl (fighting) 2:34, Fraser Tor (fighting), Prust Mtl (roughing, fighting), 15:38. Shots on goal Toronto 16 14 10 — 40 Montreal 15 10 9 — 34 Goal — Toronto: Reimer (W,1-0-0); Montreal: Price (L,0-1-0). Power plays (goal-chances) — Toronto: 1-7; Montreal: 0-4. Attendance — 21,273 (21,273) at Montreal. Blackhawks 6, Capitals 4 First Period 1. Chicago, Bollig 1 (Hjalmarsson, Kruger) 4:06 2. Washington, Ovechkin 1 (Grabovski, Backstrom) 10:42 (pp) 3. Chicago, Kane 1 (Toews, Rozsival) 11:06 Penalties — Fehr Wash (high-sticking) 2:01, Bollig Chi (roughing) 10:06, Ovechkin Wash (slashing) 13:30, Kane Chi (interference) 14:43. Second Period 4. Washington, Grabovski 1 (Ward) 10:30 5. Chicago, Seabrook 1 (Hossa, Saad) 14:32 (pp) Penalties — Carrick Wash (hooking) 13:07, Green Wash (delay of game) 18:11, Shaw Chi (tripping) 20:00. Third Period 6. Washington, Grabovski 2 (Green, Ovechkin) 0:59 (pp) 7. Washington, Grabovski 3 (Green, Backstrom) 5:16 (pp) 8. Chicago, Saad 1 (Handzus, Keith) 7:55 9. Chicago, Oduya 1 (Saad, Hjalmarsson) 13:53 10. Chicago, Hossa 1, 19:22 (en) Penalties — Rozsival Chi (hooking) 4:16, Sharp Chi (goaltender interference) 15:53, Nordstrom Chi (delay of game) 16:27. Shots on goal Washington 13 6 13 — 32 Chicago 8 18 8 — 34 Goal — Washington: Holtby (L,0-1-0); Chicago: Crawford (W,1-0-0). Power plays (goals-chances) — Washington: 3-6; Chicago: 1-4. Attendance — 22,158 at Chicago.

Football x-Toronto Hamilton Montreal Winnipeg

Baseball 2013 Major League Baseball playoffs

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2013

CFL East Division GP W L T 13 9 4 0 13 6 7 0 13 5 8 0 13 2 11 0

West Division GP W L T x-Calgary 13 10 3 0 x-B.C. 13 9 4 0 Saskatchewan 13 8 5 0 Edmonton 13 3 10 0 x — Clinched playoff berth.

PF 388 327 302 268 PF 408 378 388 316

PA Pt 337 18 364 12 361 10 421 4 PA Pt 312 20 319 18 299 16 362 6

Friday, Oct. 4 Hamilton at Toronto, 5 p.m. Saskatchewan at B.C, 8, p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 Montreal at Edmonton, 1:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Calgary, 4:30 p.m. Canadian Football League Leaders TORONTO — Unofficial CFL scoring leaders following Week 14 (x—scored two-point convert): TD C FG S Pt Paredes, Cal 0 37 38 2 153 Whyte, Mtl 0 26 34 6 134 Milo, Sask 0 36 32 0 132 McCallum, BC 0 32 22 5 103 Congi, Ham 0 31 21 3 97 Prefontaine, Tor 0 27 15 9 81 O’Neill, BC-Edm 0 22 12 6 64 Shaw, Edm 0 13 14 6 61 Cornish, Cal 10 0 0 0 60 Stamps, Edm 10 0 0 0 60 Gable, Ham 9 0 0 0 54 x-Chiles, Tor 8 4 0 0 52 x-Sheets, Sask 8 2 0 0 50 Goltz, Wpg 8 0 0 0 48 Gore, BC 8 0 0 0 48 Harris, BC 8 0 0 0 48 DeAngelis, Wpg 0 14 9 2 43 Getzlaf, Sask 7 0 0 0 42 Green, Mtl 7 0 0 0 42 Palardy, Wpg 0 12 9 1 40 x-Dressler, Sask 6 2 0 0 38 Barnes, Tor 6 0 0 0 36 Ellingson, Ham 6 0 0 0 36

McDaniel, Cal Price, Cal Simpson, Wpg Ta.Smith, Sask Waters, Tor Koch, Edm LeFevour, Ham Arceneaux, BC Bagg, Sask Charles, Edm Collaros, Tor Inman, Tor Joseph, Edm Kackert, Tor C.Taylor, BC x-N.Moore, BC Arthur, Cal Lauther, Ham D.Carter, Mtl

6 6 6 6 0 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 0 3

0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0

0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0

0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct New England 4 0 0 1.000 Miami 3 1 0 .750 N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 South W L T Pct Indianapolis 3 1 0 .750 Tennessee 3 1 0 .750 Houston 2 2 0 .500 Jacksonville 0 4 0 .000

Baltimore Cleveland Cincinnati Pittsburgh

W 2 2 2 0

North L T 2 0 2 0 2 0 4 0

Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland

W 4 4 2 1

West L T 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0

36 36 36 36 36 30 30 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 20 19 19 18

PF 89 91 68 88

PA 57 91 88 93

PF PA 105 51 98 69 90 105 31 129

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Monday’s Game Miami 17, New Orleans 38 Thursday, Oct. 3 Buffalo at Cleveland, 8:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6 Detroit at Green Bay, 11 a.m. New Orleans at Chicago, 11 a.m. Kansas City at Tennessee, 11 a.m. Jacksonville at St. Louis, 11 a.m. New England at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. Seattle at Indianapolis, 11 a.m. Baltimore at Miami, 11 a.m. Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 11 a.m. Carolina at Arizona, 2:05 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 2:25 p.m. Houston at San Francisco, 6:30 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 9:35 p.m. Open: Minnesota, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay, Washington Monday, Oct. 7 N.Y. Jets at Atlanta, 6:40 p.m.

Transactions Tuesday’s Sports Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League NFL—Fined San Francisco S Donte Whitner $21,000 for his hit on St. Louis Rams’ WR Chris Givens in the end zone in a game on Sept. 26. CHICAGO BEARS—Terminated the contract of RB Harvey Unga from the practice squad. Signed DB Sean Cattouse to the practice squad. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS— Signed WRs Jeremy Ebert, Tobais Palmer and Lamaar Thomas and DT Jordan Miller to the practice squad. Waived CB Marcus Burley and DE Chris McCoy from the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS— Released OT DeMarcus Love. NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Re-signed CB Marquice Cole. NEW YORK GIANTS— Signed OL Dallas Reynolds. Released RB Da’Rel Scott. NEW YORK JETS—Released WR Ben Obomanu. Signed LB Troy Davis to the practice squad. Released RB Kareem Huggins from the practice squad. SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Placed WR Malcom Floyd and LB Dwight Freeney on the reserve-injured list. Signed WR Lavelle Hawkins. Signed LB Thomas Keiser from the practice squad. Signed T Andrew Tiller to the practice squad. ST. LOUIS RAMS—Resigned LB Jo-Lonn Dunbar. Released OT Max Starks. Signed CB Darren Woodard to the practice squad. Released FB Eric Stevens from the practice squad. WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Released DE Phillip Merling and K John Potter. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMB-

ERS—Added RB Mario Fannin and DE J.D. Griggs to the practice roster. HOCKEY National Hockey League DETROIT RED WINGS—Recalled G Petr Mrazek from Grand Rapids (AHL). Assigned G Jared Coreau and D Xavier Ouellet to Grand Rapids. PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned Fs Josh Currie and Philippe Halley; G Chris Rawlings; and D Justin Teller from Portland (AHL) to Gwinnett (ECHL). TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS— Agreed to terms with F Phil Kessel on

an eight-year contract extension. WINNIPEG JETS—Agreed to terms with F Axel Blomqvist on a three-year, two-way, entry-level contract. American Hockey League TEXAS STARS—Assigned Gs Josh Robinson and Pat Nagle to Idaho (ECHL). BASEBALL American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Reinstated RHP Eric Beaulac from the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Dylan Bunday from Bowie (EL) and LHP Tsuyoshi Wada from Norfolk (IL).

DETROIT TIGERS—Reinstated RHP Luis Marte from the 15-day DL. HOUSTON ASTROS—Reassigned pitching coach Doug Brocail to special assistant to the general manager and senior pitching adviser. Announced the contracts of first base coach Dave Clark and bullpen coach Dennis Martinez will not be renewed. KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with manager Ned Yost on a two-year contract. Reinstated LHP Danny Duffy from the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Maikel Cleto and RHPs Justin Marks, and John Lamb.

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Hawkes soaring for Queens despite size If there were any concerns on how rie, but moved to Red Deer at an early Bronwyn Hawkes would handle the age. She joined the Red Deer Queens starting position with the RDC Queens Volleyball Club at the U13 level and volleyball team this year she quickly moved up through the ranks, last playeliminated them during the weekend. ing with the U18 team as did several of The second-year setter out of Notre her RDC teammates. Dame High School played a major role “Some of us grew up together which in the Queens beating the University helps a lot,” said Hawkes, who has of Calgary Dinos in the final Ashley Fehr of Innisfail as of the Battle of the Rockies a backup this season. tournament in Cranbrook. “We never played togethAt five-foot-five the biger in club ball, but we get gest concern surrounding along really well.” Hawkes was her ability to The fact that the 18-yearblock against some of the old came up through the other team’s top power hitQueens Club program only ters. helped her adjust to the col“She did a great job,” lege program. said Queens head coach “I knew their systems Talbot Walton. “She has from the time I started playgood timing.” ing. I was with (Chris) Wan“I made a few good dler in high school and with COLLEGE blocks,” said Hawkes. “Plus the club and he was an asREPORT Talbot adjusted our defence sistant coach with Talbot a bit for my height.” for several years, so they Hawkes replaced had the same systems.” Kirsten Sorensen Wandler now coaches the this season after backing up the Olds College Broncos and Hawkes only three-year veteran last season. laughs when talking about beating her “I got to play some, but it was good former coach. She may get that opporto sit as I got used to what was going tunity this weekend if the two meet on with our systems and getting com- in the annual RDC Wild Rose Classic fortable. I got an opportunity to watch tournament. Kirsten and see where to be, what the RDC faces Keyano College of Fort offence looks like and how to run it.” McMurray at 4:30 p.m. and Ambrose Walton likes the way Hawkes run University College of Calgary at 8:15 the offence at a quick pace. p.m. Friday in their pool. Olds takes “I think he does,” she said. “We’ve on Medicine Hat at 5:45 p.m. and Coltalked a lot about setting the tempo lege of the Rockies from Cranbrook at and I believe he trusts me.” 7 p.m. The Kings University College of Hawkes was born in Grande Prai- Edmonton, Augustana and SAIT are

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in Pool B with the RDC Alumni, Lethbridge and Concordia University College in Pool D. Round-robin play finishes Saturday morning with the playoffs starting at 12:30 p.m. the final goes Sunday at 2 p.m. ● RDC head coach Scott Bergdahl was named the ACAC golf coach of the year. “Scott has done an excellent job with the RDC golf team,” said RDC director of athletics Keith Hansen in a news release. “He took the program from what could be described as an extramural “show up and play program” to one of excellence.” “One of my most crucial objectives when creating long term goals for the RDC golf team was to field a dedicated and competitive men’s and ladies team that had depth and balance throughout,” said Bergdahl. “An additional objective was to guarantee that each member of the team would leave better players and could look back many years from now cherishing their time as a member of the team. I’m proud to say that our program has achieved all of these objectives and will continue to do so for years to come. “Having being chosen as the 2013 coach of the year came as a pleasant surprise and a complete shock. Being recognized by your peer group and ultimately presented this award is a prestigious honor and I am completely humbled accepting it.” It was also announced that team leader Kyle Morrison, who won the ACAC men’s individual title, was

named an ACAC male athlete of the week. He also received the RDC Boston Pizza male athlete of the week award. Jamieson Smeaton of the women’s golf team, who placed second in the individual race and led the RDC team to a silver medal, received the top RDC female award. ● Queens and Kings hockey teams are in action at home this week. The Queens face SAIT in an exhibition contest Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Arena while the Kings meet NAIT in league play at 7:15 p.m. Saturday at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. The Kings are at NAIT on Friday. ● The soccer teams host Lakeland College Saturday with the women kicking off at 2 p.m. and the men to follow. ● The Kings and Queens basketball teams are at a CIS/ACAC preseason showcase tournament at the Saville Centre in Edmonton. The Kings face the University of Alberta Thursday at 8 p.m. and the University of Northern B.C. Friday at 1:30 p.m. The Queens clash with Grande Prairie Thursday at 8 p.m., Concordia Friday at 1:30 p.m. and Briercrest Saturday at noon. ● The Kings volleyball squad will compete in the Mount Royal University tournament in Calgary. The Kings face the University of Calgary at 1:30 p.m. and the University of Regina at 6 p.m. Friday and MRU at 12:30 p.m. Saturday. The top two teams meet in the 6:30 p.m. final. drode@reddeeradvocate.com

Martin home runs push Pirates past Reds BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Pirates 6 Reds 2 PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates went 21 years between playoff games. The wait will be significantly shorter this time around. Russell Martin homered twice, Francisco Liriano was dominant for seven innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates roared past Cincinnati for a 6-2 victory in the NL wild-card game Tuesday night. In front of a black-clad crowd savoring its first post-season game since 1992, Marlon Byrd also connected and Andrew McCutchen had two hits and reached base four times for Pittsburgh. “We’re for real,” McCutchen said. “We’re definitely for real.” Liriano scattered four hits for the Pirates, who will face St. Louis in Game 1 of the NL division series Thursday. Liriano struck out five and walked one to win the first playoff game of his career. “We didn’t talk about one and done, we talked about one and run,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “Win one and run to St. Louis.” Cincinnati starter Johnny Cueto struggled in his third start since coming off the disabled list last month. Cueto gave up four runs in 3 1-3 innings and appeared rattled by a raucous ballpark that taunted him by chanting his name. The 36-year-old Byrd, acquired by the Pirates in late August from the New York Mets, celebrated the first post-season at bat of his 12-year career — 1,250 games — by sending Cueto’s fastball into the seats to give the Pirates the lead. The shot sent another jolt through an already electric crowd, which began singing “Cue-to, Cue-to” in unison when Martin stepped in. “This is 20 years of waiting. You’re seeing it all come out in one night,” Martin said. “Hopefully we can keep this atmosphere till late October.” Martin sent a drive into the bleachers in left field. The Reds never recovered, ending a 90-win season with a six-game losing streak.

NHL ROUNDUP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BLACKHAWKS 6 CAPITALS 4 CHICAGO — Brandon Saad, Johnny Oduya and Marian Hossa scored in the third period, and the Chicago Blackhawks kicked off their Stanley Cup title defence with a 6-4 victory over Mikhail Grabovski and the Washington Capitals on Tuesday night in the NHL regular-season opener. Patrick Kane, Brent Seabrook and Brandon Bollig also scored as Chicago won its first game for the second straight season. Corey Crawford made 28 saves, including a couple of huge stops when the Blackhawks killed off a late 5-on-3 power play. Grabovski had three goals and an assist in his first game since he signed with Washington in August. Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist, but the Capitals were unable to protect a thirdperiod lead. Grabovski had consecutive power-play goals in the third, lifting Washington to a 3-2 advantage with 14:44 left. But Saad finished a beautiful giveand-go with Michal Handzus, and Oduya converted a long slap shot at 13:53 to put the Blackhawks ahead to stay. MAPLE LEAFS 4, CANADIENS 3 MONTREAL — Tyler Bozak scored a shorthanded goal and Mason Raymond netted the winner in his first game with the Maple Leafs as Toronto spoiled Montreal’s home opener. James van Riemsdyk and Dion Phaneuf also scored in a fight-filled game in which Montreal’s new enforcer George Parros was carried off on a stretcher following a bout. Toronto’s Colton Orr pulled Parros down during the fight, and the Canadiens forward’s face crashed into the ice. Lars Eller’s second goal of the game with 2:22 left brought the Canadiens within 4-3 but they couldn’t get even. Eller also set up a goal by Brendan Gallagher on the first night of the NHL regular season. The mood turned sombre 2:34 into the third period when Parros was prone on the ice. Orr had fallen and pulled down Parros, who was bleeding and looked woozy. A team of trainers from both teams spent several minutes treating him. The Canadiens said Parros sustained a concussion, but was alert and conscious and undergoing more tests.

Three of those losses came against Pittsburgh at Cincinnati in the final series of the season that determined the site of the win-or-die game. Cincinnati manager Dusty Baker backed Cueto before the game, saying his ace “thrives on this environment.” Maybe, but the right-hander never looked comfortable in front of the largest crowd in PNC Park history, a place where Cueto has dominated. Cueto, who came in 8-2 at the ballpark by the Allegheny River, even lost his grip on the ball while standing on the mound. A moment later, he lost his grip on the game. Martin’s 405-foot shot to left-centre gave Pittsburgh a 2-0 lead and all the momentum Liriano would require. Signed on the cheap in the off-season after a mediocre 2012 split between the Minnesota Twins and the Chicago White Sox, Liriano has been reborn in Pittsburgh. He went 16-8 with a 3.02 ERA during the regular season, his devastating slider nearly unhittable against left-handers. The Reds proved no match. Joey Votto went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts. Jay Bruce produced an RBI single in the fourth but Cincinnati never really threatened on a night baseball officially returned to Pittsburgh after a 20-year trek through purgatory. Shin-Soo Choo homered in the eighth, a drive to right field that was upheld by video review. Pittsburgh’s 94-win regular season reignited a relationship sullied by years of mismanagement and miserable play. When the gates opened two hours before the first pitch, fans — most of them dressed in black at the urging of MVP candidate McCutchen — sprinted to their seats in anticipation of the club’s first post-season game since Atlanta’s Sid Bream slid into home ahead of Barry Bonds’ throw in the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 of the 1992 National League championship series. The victory sent the Braves to the World Series and the Pirates into an abyss it took an entire generation to escape. The first step came with victory No. 82 on Sept. 9. The next came two weeks later when a win over the Chicago Cubs assured a wild-card spot. The most thrilling yet lifted the team with the 26th-highest payroll in the majors ($73.6 million) into a showdown with baseball royalty.

Leafs lock up Kessel with eightyear extension BY THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL — Phil Kessel got his wish to make it a long stay with the Toronto Maple Leafs. What general manager Dave Nonis called “short and productive” negotiations ended with Kessel signing a US$64-million, eight-year contract on Tuesday. The deal has a salary cap hit of $8 million per season. It begins in 2014-15 and runs through the 2021-22 season. “I’ll be on the hook for some team dinners here or there, but I don’t mind,” Kessel said at a news conference before Tuesday night’s season opener at Montreal. “I always wanted to be (in Toronto). “This is the place I want to play. I want to finish my career here. It’s a great city, the organization’s unbelievable, and I’m really excited to continue here.” The contract includes a limited no-trade clause. Kessel has one season left on his previous deal at $5.4 million. General manager Dave Nonis said negotiations started last week when Kessel, who could have become an unrestricted free agent next July, told him he wanted to remain a Leaf. “There weren’t negotiations early in camp,” said Nonis. “I wanted to hear him tell me he wanted to be a Toronto Maple Leaf and once he did, we were able to work quickly and reach an agreement.” Kessel reportedly wanted either to sign a deal before the season or wait until the summer. The speedy right-winger had 20 goals and 52 points in 48 games last season. He has 379 points (185-194) in 504 regular-season games over seven seasons with Toronto and Boston. The six-foot, 202-pound native of Madison, Wis., has 21 points (13-8) in 22 career playoff games. He had four goals, including two game-winners, in Toronto’s sevengame, first-round playoff loss to the Bruins last season. “I think Phil made some great strides in that series,” Nonis said. “He had a great year. He’s had several great years. That’s the one thing I think people overlook.” Kessel also played for the United States at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

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Pittsburgh Pirates relief pitcher Jason Grilli celebrates after getting the last out against the Cincinnati Reds in the NL wild-card playoff game Tuesday, in Pittsburgh. The Pirates won 6-2 and advance to the division series.

OLDS GRIZZLYS CALGARY — Spencer Dorowicz notched a thirdperiod goal to lift the Olds Grizzlys past the Calgary Mustangs 2-1 in an Alberta Junior Hockey League contest Tuesday. Nikolas Koberstein connected for Olds in the first period and Connor Collett pulled the Mustangs even early in the final frame. Ethan Jemieff made 39 saves for the Grizzlys, who fired 27 shots at Mustangs netminder Jeff Orser. ● Red Deer native Tanner Jaillet is the first winner of the 20-13-14 AJHL player of the month award. The 20-year-old netminder, now in his third season with the Fort McMuray Oil Barons, has recorded seven straight victories as the club has started the season with a 10-0 mark. Jaillet has a league-leading 1.42 goals-against average with one shutout and has allowed just 10 goals on 193 shots for a sizzling save percentage of 948.

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FRONT RIDE FOR REFUGE Join the Magdalene House Society team in the Ride for Refuge, a 25-km bicycle ride to raise money for the Joy Smith Foundation on Saturday. The family-friendly cycling event raises awareness for organizations like the Joy Smith Foundation that are working to stop human trafficking in Canada by raising support for these victims. To donate or to join a team, visit www.rideforrefuge. org. To sponsor, choose the team and rider and follow the prompts online. Contact David Bouchard, Magdalene House Society president, at 403-342-6191 for more information.

WALK FOR THE MISSING Central Albertans will remember missing, murdered and trafficked aboriginal women and girls at a candlelight memorial walk on Thursday and a barbecue picnic on Friday. In Canada, there are about 600 documented cases of missing or murdered aboriginal women and girls and almost 100 are from Alberta. The walk will begin at 6 p.m. at the Red Deer Native Friendship Society, at 4808 51st Ave. The community barbecue will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Central Alberta AIDS Network Society, at 4611 50th Ave. The Sisters in Spirit events are organized by the friendship society, CAANS and the Action Coalition on Human Trafficking, Red Deer.

RETIRED TEACHERS WELLNESS The Central Alberta Retired Teachers’ Association is hosting two free wellness workshops on Oct. 24 at the Golden Circle Senior Resource Centre in Red Deer from 1 to 4 p.m. The first workshop, Understanding Osteoarthritis, will delve into symptoms, explain self management strategies and review available therapies. Staying Fit at Home, the second session, will go over simple exercises that can be used from the comfort of your own living room to maintain and improve overall health. For more information and to register, call Jeanette at 403-782-9414 by Oct. 15.

CORRECTION Incorrect labels appeared on Tuesday’s school district candidate profiles in the Advocate. Brandie Towers is running in Red Deer Catholic Regional School board elections. Lianne Kruger is running for Red Deer Public School District board.

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Airport looks ahead DOCUMENT MAPS OUT30-YEAR VISION THAT GOT BIG BOOST WHEN AIR CANADA BEGAN RUNNING SCHEDULED SERVICE BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF The Red Deer Regional Airport Authority is keeping its eye on the horizon in terms of planning. In keeping with that long-term approach to development, a new Red Deer Regional Airport Area Structure Plan was approved by Red Deer County Council on Tuesday. The document maps out a 30-year vision for the airport that got a big boost early last month when Air Canada began running 42 scheduled arrivals and departures weekly between Red Deer and Calgary. That service is already growing week over week. Northwestern Air, which flies west to Kelowna and Abbotsford, and north to Fort McMurray, is also showing strong numbers, said Airport Authority CEO RJ Steenstra. The new plan is key to maintaining growth momentum. “We’re pleased because it gives us the fundamental base from which we can now move forward with land development and planning and execution,” said Steenstra. “The (area structure plan) needed to be

there so that we had some guidance around regulations to ensure that development where development could take place, what does not hinder future air services or the kind of development, and how we can move operations of the navigation tower. forward.” S i n c e The plan f u t u r e plots out a growth will direction be closely for the fatied to lurcility on 900 ing new acres near aviation Springbusinesses, brook to the plan reensure it serves airreaches its field lands potential so there is as a regionroom for al transfuture air— AIRPORT AUTHORITY CEO RJ STEENSTRA portation side amehub over nities. As the next well, other decades. property is reserved for commercial develSteenstra said there are companies in- opments that don’t require access to airport terested in locating to the airport but ser- facilities. viced land is not yet available. Should the control tower need to be “This plan gives me the first step in mov- moved some day, land has been set aside in ing forward with that process,” he said. the plan at a central runway location. Now the authority can start development Land has also been set aside for a future planning, likely beginning with the south replacement terminal and the necessary field. parking. The plan includes setbacks and sightline pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

‘WE’RE PLEASED BECAUSE IT GIVES US THE FUNDAMENTAL BASE FROM WHICH WE CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD WITH LAND DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING AND EXECUTION.’

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Offsite levies to rise BY PAUL COWLEY ADVOCATE STAFF

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This soggy little muskrat paddles its way through the brilliant, reflected colour of a poplar tree at Bower Ponds recently.

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Future developers in Gasoline Alley will pay significantly more in offsite levies after Red Deer County council passed a new bylaw on Tuesday. The levies are used to cover the cost of building roads and installing services such as water and sewer to new developments.

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Yaworski wants to Peacocke eager apply business sense to continue to school board projects already started BY MYLES FISH ADVOCATE STAFF Ray Yaworski wants to make school board governance his business. Having sold his car dealership five years ago, Yaworski said he now has the time, energy and opportunity to pursue his long-standing i n t e r e s t i n Ray Yaworski elected office. Believing that “you have to walk before you run,” the 57-year-old is making his first run for office a run for a position on the Red Deer Public School District board. “I’ve been a community builder in the past and I would like to be so again,” said Yaworski. He said his private industry background — Yaworski ran the dealership for 20 years — can serve the district board well, a board he believes could benefit from some renewal. “I think the school board is a little light on people from a private industry or business background. The wider diversity of people sitting at the board table you have, the more ideas will flow and the more perspectives will be aired and viewed and I think the organization as a group benefits,” said Yaworski. Married with three adult

children who have gone through the public school system, Yaworski said in business he had to make good use of funds to survive. With school district budgets facing ongoing constraints, he said his perspective would benefit the board. “We have to find ways that we can make $1 do the work of $1.40 or $1.50. That’s what I’ve kind of done all my life in my retail career — try to find ways to make dollars do more. I can share my experience and those benefits and that knowledge with the board,” said Yaworski. He suggested school districts across the province should band together on procurements to save money and also said buses could be using compressed natural gas, which is cleaner and cheaper than diesel fuel Yaworski said school boards should be focused on producing good citizens and graduates in the district’s schools, and added he is concerned about Red Deer Public’s completion rates being significantly lower than those in the local Catholic division, according to 201011 statistics. Other Red Deer Public School candidates are Bill Christie, Shari Hanson, Kerri Kenworthy, Lianne Kruger, Dick Lemke, Dianne Macaulay, Bev Manning, Ben Ordman, Cathy Peacocke, Kurt Spady, Bill Stuebing, Jim Watters and Milt Williams. mfish@reddeeradvocate.com

BY RENÉE FRANCOEUR ADVOCATE STAFF Incumbent Cathy Peacocke, also known as “Eagle Eye” at Red Deer Public School board meetings thanks to being a stickler for detail, is seeking re-election to the board after serving two terms. The 55-yearold was first elected in 2007. “Sitting on the board has been a tremendously rewarding opportunity,” PeaCathy cocke said. “ W i t h i n a Peacocke school district, it’s all about people ... and I’ve been active in the community over the years with non-profits and have been able to listen to concerns going on and I bring what I hear back to my work at the board table.” Peacocke said she’s eager to continue with projects the board has already started. “There’s lots of changes coming with education ... such as the new Education Act and I’ve been involved in providing input for those regulations,” she said. “We’ve been making improvements within the district on our high school completion rates but we need to do more in that area. The board knows it’s an area of concern.” Student health and well-being is also a topic Peacocke wants to tackle. “We have a good nutrition policy but I think we need to keep building on that and to better

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support mental health for our students and all of our staff,” she noted. Peacocke credits her ability to make connections for her success as a trustee. “Building relationships is the best way to handle situations. If people see you at the board table and meetings in the community and they know that you’re someone they can depend on, someone with integrity, I think that’s really important and I would stay that’s something I bring to the table,” she said. “I am a lifelong learner and have taken great joy in reading everything I can on board development and education. I also like reviewing and creating policy, which few do so that’s one of my assets as well.” Peacocke was formerly the program director at the Central Alberta Brain Injury Society and an instructor with the Alberta School Councils’ Association. She left those positions to take care of her son, who passed away last year. She has a daughter who lives in Red Deer. Today she makes volunteering a priority, including time spent on the board of directors with the Lifelong Learning Council of Red Deer and the United Way of Central Alberta. Other Red Deer Public School candidates are Raymond Yaworski, Ben Ordman, Kurt Spady, Shari Hanson, Jim Waters, Milt Williams, Bill Stuebing, Lianne Kruger, Bill Christie, Dick Lemke, Bev Manning, Dianne Macaulay and Kerri Kenworthy. rfrancoeur@reddeeradvocate. com

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Civic election forums planned A number of election forums have been organized around Central Alberta as campaigns have officially kicked off. In Blackfalds, mayoral candidates Melodie Stol and Wayne Tutty will have a chance to present their vision for the town at a Thursday forum at the upper level of the Blackfalds Multiplex at 5302 Broadway Avenue beginning at 7 p.m. Council was acclaimed and residents will have an opportunity to meet the new six-member council, which includes four returning councillors and two newcomers.

CENTRAL ALBERTA CAMPAIGNS Lacombe will have a forum on Oct. 16 at the Lacombe Memorial Centre at 5214 50th Ave. beginning at 7 p.m. There are two candidates for mayor, incumbent Steve Christie and Coun. Grant Creasey. Nine people are running for six council seats. A forum for Clearwater County Divisions 2,4, 5 and 7 is set for Oct. 9 at the Lou Soppit Community Centre in Rocky Mountain House at 4733 47th St. beginning at 7 p.m.

In Penhold, a forum is set for Oct. 10 at the Penhold Memorial Hall at 1123 Fleming Ave. It begins at 7:30 p.m. There is a three-way race for mayor between incumbent Dennis Cooper, and Councillors Chad Hoffman and Heather Klein and 11 candidates are running for six council spots. Rocky Mountain House will have a forum today at the Lou Soppit Community Centre at 4733 47th St. beginning at 7 p.m. Incumbent Mayor Fred Nash is fac-

ing two challengers, Jim Bague and Sheila Mizera. Seven are running for six council seats. In Sylvan Lake, a mayor’s debate is set for Friday beginning at 7 p.m. at the Family and Community Centre, 4725 43rd St. It will feature incumbent Mayor Susan Samson and challengers Coun. Sean McIntyre and Melesa Starcheski. A councillor forum will take place on Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. at the same location. Ten are running for six council spots.

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BRIEFS Blackfalds girl missing Blackfalds RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in finding 14-year-old Joseline Metzger so that she can be brought home safely. She was reported missing by her family on Friday. Joseline Metzger Metzger lives in Blackfalds and has run away on previous occasions. She may be in the company of a male in his mid 20s and is believed to be in the Red Deer area. If anyone has information as to her whereabouts, they are asked to call Crime Stoppers or the Blackfalds RCMP at 403-885-3333.

Two charged in robbery Two people have been charged in the armed robbery at the West Park Fas Gas on 55th Avenue in Red Deer on Sept. 24. Mitchell Brunet, 27, of no fixed address, has been charged with robbery and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose. Karla Pittman, 28, of Red Deer was charged with robbery and two counts of failing to comply with undertaking. According to Red Deer RCMP, Pittman stole two lighters, then purchased one lighter and left the store. Brunet also bought a lighter but pulled a baton from his sleeve as he was walking out the door, threatening to kill the Fas Gas employee. They fled the scene in a silver Grand Am. Both individuals are in police custody and will appear in Red Deer provincial court on Wednesday morning. Pittman made her first court appearance on Monday. She reserved her plea on charges including theft and breaching release conditions.

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For the staff at Western Collision at 6790 Gaetz Avenue including Melissa Terashita shown here, Halloween is a time to celebrate and just one day of thrills and chills will not do. Staff there have decorated their reception area and offer up a little scare to any customer who dares to enter. They will also be collecting donations for the Red Deer Food Bank Society and the Central Alberta Women’s Emergency Shelter. 21. To be eligible to vote, residents must be 18 years old and a Canadian citizen. Electors must have resided in Alberta for the last six consecutive months (since April 21, 2013) preceding election day. Electors must be a resident of Red Deer on election day. In order to vote, an elector must produce one piece of authorized identification that establishes both the elector’s name and current address. An example of identification with elector’s name, address and photograph would be an Alberta Identification Card or a driver’s licence. For a complete list of authorized identification, visit www.reddeer.ca/ reddeervotes. Residents will elect the mayor of Red Deer, eight city councillors, and trustees for the Red Deer Public School District or the Red Deer Catholic Regional Schools. Voters will also answer the plebiscite question: Do you want the City of Red Deer divided into wards?

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LEVIES: More consultation suggested Consultants Tagish Engineering were commissioned to review future costs and work out a levy schedule to pay for them. To cover the cost of supplying just under $48 million worth of anticipated roadwork, property developers will pay $17,709 per acre. Supplying water service to the same 2,700 acres of land will cost an estimated $21.2 million and developers will face a $7,852 per acre levy. About a dozen other levies have also been worked out for specific servicing projects. One major local developer, though, was not happy with the process. Guy Pelletier, Melcor’s vice-president for the Red Deer region, says in a letter to council that levies for its McKenzie Industrial Park will more than triple to $29,411 per acre from $9,200 per acre under the new schedule. While Melcor doesn’t argue with the numbers, more consultation should have been done with those affected, he says, requesting council table the changes to allow for more input. Melcor and other landowners were only informed of the levy bylaw after it was already given first reading. Developers should also be given more time to absorb the increases by staging them over time, he suggests. Pelletier was not available for further comment on Tuesday. Mayor Jim Wood questioned whether the county could spread levy payments over a longer time period. Nancy Lougheed, the county’s legislative services manager, said council can make those types of arrangements at its own discretion. Coun. George Gehrke noted that levy costs are typically factored in to the cost of land and are recovered when the developer sells. Coun. Dave Hoar said part of the problem was that there was a large spike in levies because they had not been updated in four years. To avoid that “big sticker shock,” he recommended the county review its levies every one or two years. Council unanimously passed the bylaw. pcowley@reddeeradvocate.com

Feed monitoring sought

Council approved the resolution.

Red Deer County’s Agriculture Services Board is pushing for more provincial monitoring of livestock feed for a dangerous toxin. Ergot is a toxin that is increasingly showing up in cereal grain feeds, says information provided to county council by the board. If too much is consumed by cattle, it can make them sick with symptoms that are difficult to differentiate from other common diseases. However, the province has no standards for ergot levels, which are left up to feed companies to oversee. The county’s agriculture services board has put forward a resolution to be taken to the Central Region. It calls on the Alberta Agriculture to put ergot regulations in place and ban the use of feed screenings containing any ergot until acceptable levels have been determined. The province is also called upon to better inform those dealing with feed of the dangers of ergot.

Sylvan development approved A large residential development near Sylvan Lake was given area structure plan approval by Red Deer County council on Tuesday. Sanbar Estates will be built in four phases and include 205 residential lots and three commercial sites. It will be located just southeast of Jarvis Bay and will be built on 124 acres by a group of area developers through numbered company Alberta 7211433. The residential area will be developed around a central park with a pair of ponds. Council questioned what will happen with wetlands in the area. Those kinds of issues will be dealt with as the land is subdivided and will have to meet provincial requirements, council was told.

National Defence wants more soldiers trained in race-car skills BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — That armoured tank in your rear-view mirror may be about to pop a wheelie. The Canadian military plans to train more of its soldiers in rally sport driving, to help them chase bad guys. “Canadian Forces personnel are required to operate both military and civilian vehicles in a variety of environments in Canada and abroad,” says a notice posted this week, calling for at least five top instructors from the private sector. “Risks include not just hazardous road and traffic conditions, but local criminal and insurgent elements as well.” National Defence wants to rent

a training facility with a minimum four-kilometre track with gravel, dirt and paved sections, featuring blind corners, crests, tight turns, ditches and logs. Some training will also be conducted at military bases. The instructor will engage soldiers in the art of “high speed obstacle avoidance,” among other techniques, in the equivalent of a Subaru Impreza STI or similar 300-horsepower vehicles in yearround weather conditions. The cars provided must be front-wheel and all-wheel drive. The notice says “high speed” is defined as more than 60 kilometres an hour. Maximum cost for the two-year contract is $100,000, and trainers need to have at least $2 million of insurance for each accident.

The tender also stipulates the instructors need to be affiliated with the Canadian Association of Rallysport or with Rally America, the national bodies that run championships in the high-speed sport. They must also have raced at least once in the last year in sanctioned events. A spokesperson for the Canadian Forces was not available for comment Tuesday. But last year the military said it planned to spend about $2.7 million training soldiers, including the elite JTF2 group and the Special Operations Regiment. Militaries in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom also provide rally driver training, and similar courses have been offered in Canada in recent years.

Somalia’s deputy leader says al-Shabab militants on their last legs BY THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Somali militants al-Shabab are on their “last legs,” the East African country’s deputy leader said Tuesday, a little more than a week after the al-Qaida splinter group stormed a shopping mall and left dozens dead — including two Canadians. “Al-Shabab are on their last legs. They lost numbers, they lost morale, they lost ground,” Somali deputy prime minister Fawzia Yusuf Adam said during a visit to Ottawa. “They are only in small pockets. So, we are not worried about them ... we are in control of the situation.” Al-Shabab — which translates to “the youth” in

English — arose from chaos that gripped Somalia after armed warlords ousted the country’s longtime military dictator from power in 1991. Adam said Somalia’s fledgling government, which is strapped for cash and exerts little control beyond the capital of Mogadishu, needs help from other countries to finish off al-Shabab once and for all. “What we need from the international community is to assist and support and understand that Somalia needs its security forces to be integrated and save their country,” she said. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced Canada plans to spend $6 million on security, conflict management and human rights in Somalia, with another $500,000 being spent to prevent forced child marriages.

HEALTH

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2013

Canada should screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C, liver specialists argue

Experimental surgery for unusual form of infertility produces a baby boy BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — A 30-year-old infertile woman gave birth after surgeons removed her ovaries and reimplanted tissue they treated in a lab, researchers report. The experimental technique was only tried in a small group of Japanese women with a specific kind of infertility problem, but scientists hope it can also help women in their early 40s who have trouble getting pregnant because of their age. The new mother gave birth to a son in Tokyo last December, and she and the child continue to be healthy, said Dr. Kazuhiro Kawamura of the St. Marianna University School of Medicine in Kawasaki, Japan. He and others describe the technique in a report published online Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The mother, who was not identified, had been diagnosed with primary ovarian insufficiency, an uncommon form of infertility sometimes called premature menopause. It appears in about 1 per cent of women of childbearing age.

— DR. JORDAN FELD, A LIVER SPECIALIST AT TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL

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TORONTO — Canada should start screening a large segment of the population — including all baby boomers — for hepatitis C, says a group of doctors who treat the potentially deadly liver disease. In an article in Monday’s Canadian Medical Association Journal, the Toronto liver specialists say people born between 1945 and 1975 should be tested because the age group is thought to account for more than 75 per cent of all cases of hepatitis C infection in Canada. Chronic infection with the blood-borne virus is a major cause of cirrhosis of the liver and the most common reason for liver transplantation in North America. “Baby boomers are much more likely to be infected with hepatitis C than other age groups,” said coauthor Dr. Jordan Feld, a liver specialist at Toronto Western Hospital. In part, that’s because the virus wasn’t identified until 1989. Originally, it was called non-A, non-B hepatitis, a name that often confused people and may have left the public thinking it wasn’t as dangerous as other forms of the virus. Those now in their late 30s to late 60s could have been infected through medical procedures, such as blood transfusions, or dental work done before universal infection control measures became the norm. For instance, Canada did not begin testing blood donations for hep C until 1992. “Most people who have the infection have no or very few symptoms, even if they’ve been infected for decades,” said Feld. “Without symptoms, many infected people have no idea they have the disease until it’s too late.” But caught early, chronic hepatitis C infection is curable in most cases, added co-author Dr. Hemant Shah, another hepatologist at the hospital. “Hepatitis C is a silent disease until you either present with liver failure or liver cancer,” said Shah. “So what I tell my patients is it’s like you’re silently walking towards a cliff. And when you fall off the cliff, that’s when you realize that you’ve been walking towards the cliff. But in a sense it’s already too late.” Shah said doctors want to identify patients before they plunge into liver failure or develop a liver tumour. “Hepatitis C is the only chronic viral infection that’s curable with treatment and it will prevent them from ever falling off the cliff.” Patients can expect about a year of antiviral therapy, given both by injection and in pill form; the drugs have significant side-effects, but Shah said better-tolerated medications that would be taken for a few months are in the pharmaceutical pipeline. Last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that all Americans born from 1945 to 1965 be tested for hepatitis C. Recently, the Canadian Liver Foundation echoed that call for a national screening program. But it stretched the birth-year period to 1975, reflecting the prevalence of hepatitis C among immigrants from regions where the disease is endemic, including northern Africa, southern Italy, Eastern Europe, and Central and Southeast Asia. The foundation also questions the Public Health Agency of Canada’s (PHAC’s) estimate of 242,500 cases across the country, suggesting the figure is likely closer to 400,000. Currently, Canada has no population-based screening program for hepatitis C, in which a simple blood test looks for antibodies to the virus. Instead, PHAC recommends doctors test patients who engage in such risky behaviours as injection drug use or certain sexual practices. However, Shah said international studies have shown this approach is inadequate for picking up infections. “What we know is probably about 40 per cent of people who are infected have no risk factors.” As well, such screening programs rely on doctors asking about risky behaviours — which are often highly stigmatized — and patients admitting to them, he said. “The fact that we don’t talk about hepatitis C and the lack of public awareness, I think contributes to the stigma immensely,” said Shah. “(A patient) may have got hepatitis C through a blood transfusion, but when they tell someone else they have it, the immediate assumption is they must have used drugs.” And because most cases of liver failure result from cirrhosis due to alcohol abuse, patients who deny being heavy drinkers often aren’t believed until blood tests come back positive for hepatitis, he said. “I think a national screening program will help to destigmatize the condition because it’s something that everyone is at risk for.” But it’s critical that anyone who tests positive for hepatitis C antibodies have followup care, including a test for active infection with the virus. Antibodies show only that a person has been exposed to the virus at some point, but about 30 per cent of people are able to clear the infection.

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RON HOWARD’S RUSH IS COMMERCIAL, ARTFUL Rush Three stars (out of four) Rated: 14A Ron Howard’s Rush is every bit as commercial as the ad-festooned cars and uniforms of the Formula One racers he’s dramatizing. Yet even as he steers directly towards the multiplex, he also gives art house regulars reason to start their engines. This is no mere thrill ride by two real-life rival speedsters, although it is certainly that. The film also provides a sobering look at what it takes to be a true champion. You’d expect Rush to cut to the chase, but Howard and PETER screenwriter Peter Morgan HOWELL (The Queen) tease us a bit in establishing the ego vs. egghead rivalry between 1976 top guns James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Neither racer is an easy sell, although the casting is right on with two rising actors who are ripe for serious leading roles. Hunt is blond, British and brash, as quick to chase nubile young things (including Olivia Wilde’s gimleteyed Suzy) as he is to tear down the pavement. Lauda is icy, Austrian and austere, a believer that science as much as talent leads to winning results with his state-of-the-art Ferrari. When he’s matched with a woman (Alexandra Maria Lara’s sultry Marlene) it seems more by accident than by design. The two men could hardly be more different, apart from a shared determination to win and closely matched driving skills. Verbal sparks fly as they constantly challenge each other both on and off the race course. When Lauda delivers a major setback to Hunt’s plans by filing an official protest against a tiny mechanical infraction by the latter’s McLaren car, a shared autograph session turns ugly. “Rules are rules,” Lauda tells Hunt. “Yes, and rats are rats,” Hunt retorts.

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You’d expect Rush to cut to the chase, but Howard and screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen) tease us a bit in establishing the ego vs. egghead rivalry between 1976 top guns James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). The film follows the 1976 season from its testosterone-fuelled start in Brazil to its rain-soaked finale in Japan, carrying us with it the entire way. Howard and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle (Slumdog Millionaire) don’t stint on the burning rubber and skid marks — racing fans will love it — but they and scripter Morgan also sustain the Sunday drivers in the audience. A near-tragedy during a race in Germany abruptly changes the leader board in the Formula One season and the emotional stakes in the film. (It’s worth mentioning that this section also tests the audience’s tolerance for visceral crash and hospital scenes.) Rush shifts into a higher gear of contemplation,

one that asks us to reflect on the high cost of being on top of a sport where a single bad turn can end a career — or a life. We learn to appreciate that Hunt and Lauda both have more going for them than an almost supernatural need for speed. Best thing of all about Rush is how it maintains suspense until the final flag drops. The 1976 Formula One season truly was an amazing test of skill, bravery and resolve. Do yourself a favor and don’t Google the real-life results before seeing the film. Peter Howell is a syndicated Toronto Star movie critic.

Canuck comic ‘over the moon’ with Super Fun Night

Plummer stars in drama about Ali’s legal battle

BY THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO — Surreal Hollywood moments are becoming routine for Canuck comic Lauren Ash. The gregarious brunette rattles of a list of her most recent Tinseltown exploits in the wake of joining Rebel Wilson’s new sitcom Super Fun Night, while marvelling at the wild ride she’s been enjoying. On the phone from L.A., where she was about to board a plane for a New York premiere party, Ash recounts being whisked by private jet to Vegas and rubbing shoulders with personal idols Molly Shannon and Conan O’Brien. “It’s pretty amazing, I’ve got to be honest,” Ash says of her career success. “Daily at work, I’m just like, ‘Is this real? Is this my job?’ It’s amazing. It’s a pretty big dream come true for me so I’m just over the moon about it.” Ash goes from relative unknown to U.S. prime time regular with the debut of her offbeat gal-pal comedy Wednesday on ABC and City. Wilson stars as the awkward Kimmie Boubier, a junior lawyer who’s on her way up at the firm but has yet to break out of her limited social circle. That includes her two besties — the shy Helen-Alice, played by Liza Lapira (‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.) and Ash’s character — tennis instructor Marika. Getting the part was a year-long journey for Ash, whose past credits include The Ron James Show and Lars and the Real Girl. She says fellow Canuck actor Paul Campbell, with whom she starred on the shortlived Showcase sitcom Almost Heroes, called from L.A. in January 2012 insisting she get her hands on a pilot script making the rounds called Super Fun Night. It featured a quirky best friend who sounded just like a sexually confused character Ash used to do when she worked at Second City. “I went crazy,” she recalls. “And so I was calling (my) manager and agents and everybody and I’m like,

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This TV publicity image released by ABC shows, from left, Liza Lapira, Lauren Ash and Rebel Wilson in a scene from the new series Super Fun Night. ‘You’ve got to get me into this, you’ve got to get me seen for this.’ And from there it was a pretty arduous process that went on for most of 2012, actually.” She auditioned with Wilson and immediately clicked with the Bridesmaids and Pitch Perfect scenestealer. Ash knew she had the gig when the final screen test involved having her write an original monologue in the voice of Marika. She was pleased to discover that Super Fun Night involves a fair bit of improv, a skill she honed over a decade-long stretch as part of the Second City mainstages in Toronto and Chicago. “Rebel really loves improvising so any scene we do, we’ll get the script the way it’s written and then we’ll do just a bunch of fun takes,” she says.

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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Christopher Plummer may be frozen in some filmgoers’ memories as the noblebrowed patriarch who made stern parenting and anti-Nazism sexy in The Sound of Music. But Plummer and his career aren’t mired in the past. Slipping easily from one disparate recent role to another, he’s created Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station, the haunted magnate in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and a man experiencing a late-in-life gay awakening in Beginners, which earned him an Oscar last year at age 82. That made him the oldest acting honoree ever, and he’s not stopping. He plays a U.S. Supreme Court justice in HBO’s Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, debuting Saturday, a history-textured film that puts the boxer’s quest to be recognized as a conscientious objector against Vietnam War service and the high court in the ring. “I don’t think retirement exists in our profession,” said Plummer, looking every bit the star in elegant slacks and jacket, his white hair perfectly groomed. “If you retire, something’s gone very wrong with your career is my theory. Also, why would you want to retire? It’s fun to be in this weird, old, ancient, ancient profession.” The Canadian-born Plummer heads the HBO film as John Harlan II, who was among the justices who decided in 1971 whether Ali’s conviction for refusing to be drafted because of his Muslim-based objections should be upheld or overturned. The dynamic Ali is represented by the legend himself through news clips woven effectively into the drama. But the emphasis is on the camaraderie and giveand-take among the justices, including Frank Langella as Chief Justice Warren Burger and Danny Glover as Thurgood Marshall, the sole black justice. Stephen Frears, an Oscar nominee for The Queen, directed, and the script is by Shawn Slovo (A World Apart). The film is based on the book of the same name by Howard Bingham and Max Wallace, with additional research by Slovo.

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Daughter can’t figure out why parents disapprove of engagement Dear Annie: I recently became en- about marriage belongs to you. gaged to my boyfriend of four years. We hope your parents will welcome Immediately after he proposed, I your groom into the family instead of phoned my parents, who always gave pushing you both away. the impression that they liked my boyDear Annie: I am 84 and have five friend and enjoyed spending time with children, 10 grandchildren and 18 him. great-grandchildren. I am I thought they’d be haptwice widowed, and one of py for us. I was very wrong. my boyfriends also died. My mom was really angry I now have a new boyand said that I am “way friend. He is upset with two too young” to be getting of my daughters-in-law and married. a son-in-law because when Annie, I’m in graduate they see me they say, “Hello, school. My dad said that Mother-in-Law!” He says they my boyfriend “isn’t good are being disrespectful for enough” and that I should not using my name. He says “seriously reconsider this they should call me “Grandguy.” (This guy! Like he ma” or “Mom” or my given doesn’t have a name.) name. I am still in school, so This has caused a probMITCHELL perhaps this is their way lem between us. What do you & SUGAR of expressing their worthink? — J.G. ry that if I get married I Dear J.G.: Your boyfriend won’t finish my graduate has no business issuing orprogram, but regardless, ders about how your children I’m really hurt by their reaction. I’ve or their spouses address you. tried reassuring them, but they keep If it doesn’t bother you, it shouldn’t brushing me aside, insisting I’m marry- bother him. He sounds bossy and coning too young and to the wrong man. trolling. Tell him to back off. I cannot figure out their problem. Dear Annie: “Phone Me,” the We are in our late 20s, which doesn’t 28-year-old who did not find out about strike me as “too young.” And if they her high school reunion because she truly believe my fiance isn’t the right isn’t on social media, needs to be properson, why didn’t they say so in the active. intervening four years? Don’t blame others because you Why won’t they give me any con- didn’t seek out the information. crete reasons for their objections? If you know it is the 10th year of Sometimes I think what they’re really your graduation, contact the school or objecting to is the presence of another ex-classmates and find out whether person in our small, close-knit family. anything is planned. But it seems selfish of them to place I have been on every reunion comthe current family dynamic over my mittee since I graduated in 1979. We future marriage and happiness. Kids do the best we can to contact people. grow up. They get married. However, it gets expensive sending out I never in my wildest nightmares invitations by regular mail. Word of thought my engagement would be such mouth and seeking out the information a source of anger. What do you think is key. about this? — Sad Bride-To-Be So perhaps in anticipation of the Dear Sad: It does seem as though next reunion, “Phone Me” could make your parents suddenly realized that the effort to find out instead of being you are leaving the nest and they are “left out.” — Mary in Ventura, Calif. panic stricken. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Since they refuse to discuss their Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime edireasons with you, please ask a trusted tors of the Ann Landers column. Please friend or family member to intercede email your questions to anniesmailbox@ on your behalf and try to ascertain comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, whether their objections have any jus- c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, tification. But ultimately, the decision Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

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National umbilical cord bank opens to gather vital stem cells THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Canada’s first national public blood bank for umbilical cord blood is set to begin taking donations today at an Ottawa hospital. Canadian Blood Services says the National Public Cord Blood Bank will let the public donate instead of discard umbilical cords, which are a rich source of desperate-

ly needed stem cells. It says some 1,000 Canadians are currently waiting for life-saving stem cell transplants to treat diseases such as leukemia, lymphoma or aplastic anemia. Canadian Blood Services says Canada is the only G8 nation that doesn’t have a national public cord blood bank. It says once the bank is fully up and running healthy pregnant women

18 years or older will be able to donate at collection hospitals in Ottawa, Brampton, Ont., Edmonton and Vancouver. Similar private banks already operate, but CReATe Cord Blood Bank founder Dr. Clifford Librach says the launch of the public bank taking donations for use in non-family patients will spread the word about umbilical cord donations.

Wednesday, Oct. 2 deavours appeal to you and you seek more CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DATE: gratification through a greater comfort. Does Samantha Barks, 23; Lorraine Bracco, 59; your emotional security depend upon your Sting, 62 financial status? THOUGHT OF THE DAY: VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The Moon in Virgo is engaging You reach new levels of sensitivinto constructive discussions ity and perception. Try not to pick with Saturn and Pluto today. up on other people’s moods. Your This astral configuration allows vulnerability can easily determine us to remain detached while your current state of mind. Realize at the same time, remaining that certain occurrences are out of focused at the task at hand. your control. Manage only what is There is little we will let slip within your reach. by. This is a perfect day to LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Toconduct difficult projects or to day you are predisposed to lots solve complex dilemmas. of daydreaming. You are not parHAPPY BIRTHDAY: If toticularly sociable and you prefer to ASTRO day is your birthday, this will keep a low profile for the time beDOYNA be a great year for a personal ing. At the first sign of disapproval retreat or a getaway. Take the from others you retreat yourself time to sort through your life. into a private zone. Don’t let critiDon’t initiate anything new, cism get to you that easily. you will get better results by SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): finishing old tasks. This is, nonetheless, a You know what’s best for you and your peers. very busy year for you, where your rational At this time you are inclined to mother your side will ask of you to pay special attention to friends and to nurture them in most kind and your own spiritual and emotional wellbeing. loving ways. Others will feel special and ARIES (March 21-April 19): You feel deeply connected to you. Your caring vibe productive and successful in your endeav- draws them to you quite naturally. ours. This sense of pride and positive thinking SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Feelmakes you want to develop new contacts and ing on top of your game is exactly what you share the good moments. Implement some are looking for today. Executing the mundane order into your life and the rest will follow tasks at a highly efficient level brings you through. much satisfaction and pride. You excel at carTAURUS (April 20-May 20): You will un- rying out quite a few chores today. cover a sudden opportunity that can be atCAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your tained through an important alliance. Some- sense of appreciation for a well structured one captures your attention which makes you and agreeable environment appeals to you feel reassured deep down inside about the greatly. You manifest a keen sensitivity tocurrent possibilities. Magical energy is waiting wards everything that is both beautiful and for you. artistic. Today you chose to be easier on GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Put the last yourself than on most days. effort into healing yourself from deep within. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are You are ready to step out of a shadowy place feeling a strong need to regenerate yourself which was just a private time for you. Your through meaningful experiences. You won’t ambitions and your ego seemed to be on take anything at face value and won’t take no pause until now, but not for much longer. for an answer. You are quite driven to get to CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are the bottom of any matter today. considered one of the most emotionally rePISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You see sponsive signs and today you prove of this yourself through your most important relationmarvellous quality of yours. You can eas- ships. Stop yourself comparing to others or ily relate to other people’s stories as you can act too evasive. Your actions may be misfeel their energy. Tap into reality without fall- interpreted if you don’t advance slowly and ing into the subjective mode. cautiously. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Examine your Astro Doyna is an internationally syndivalues and see what you can do to improve cated astrologer and columnist. Her column your current level of merit. Real estate en- appears daily in the Advocate.

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CONNOLLEY Kenneth ‘Ken’ George Connolley of Rimbey, Alberta, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, passed away peacefully at the Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre, Acute Care on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at the age of 64 years. Ken was born on April 5, 1949 in Berwyn, Alberta to Annie and Harold Connolley. His career spanned many years working extensively in road construction across Alberta and B.C. Ken completed many projects, such as the development of the new town site for Grande Cache, as well as the supervision of the construction of the Deerfoot Trail exchange in Calgary. Ken was Foreman for the Town of Rimbey for many years, and served one t e r m a s To w n C o u n c i l o r. Ken was the owner and operator of K & D Bobcat and Trucking. One of his last projects was the building of the heliport at the Rimbey Hospital. Ken was an avid outdoorsman, participating in activities such as hunting and fishing, and operating every recreational vehicle known to man! His motto was: ‘the family that plays together, stays together.’ “Ken, although gruff around the edges, was a teddy bear inside. He was loved greatly and will forever be missed. He is now at peace!” Ken will be lovingly remembered and sadly missed by his beloved wife, Colleen; his son, Darren of Rimbey; his daughter, Shari (James Benoit) of Rimbey; and his precious granddaughter, Bailey. He also leaves to mourn his four brothers, Gilbert (Edie) of Olds; David (Jean) of Berwyn; Eddie (Shirley) also of Berwyn; and Gordon (Lorraine) of Bentley; as well as his brother-in-law, David (Susan) Kennedy of Innisfail; in addition to numerous nieces and nephews, and many cherished friends. Ken was predeceased by his parents, Harold and Annie. A Public Memorial Service in Celebration of Ken’s Life will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church, Rimbey on Friday, October 4, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with Mr. Dave Mulligan officiating. Interment will follow at 2:30 p.m. in the W e s t H a v e n C e m e t e r y, Rimbey. If friends desire, memorial tributes in Ken’s Memory may be made directly to the David Thompson Health Trust, c/o Rimbey Hospital and Care Centre ~ Ceiling Lifts Project, Box 440, Rimbey, Alberta T0C 2J0. Condolences to the Family may also be expressed by email to: special_reflections@telusplanet.net Funeral and Cremation Arrangements for the Late Kenneth ‘Ken’ George Connolley entrusted to the care of

FOERDERER Oskar Foerderer of Red Deer County, Alberta passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at the age of 91 years. He was born in Germany on January 14, 1922. He is survived by his daughter Heide (Gilbert) Madoar and their daughters, Dena (Roy) VandenBrink and their children Nathan and Makenna, Melisa (Mark) Milne and their daughter, Megan; son Jauergen (Val) Foerderer and their daughter Kelly; as well as grandsons Cruz and Diego. Oskar was predeceased by his wife Johanna; grandson Jeffrey; granddaughter Jaime; as well as his parents and siblings. Oskar wanted a simple and intimate farewell with family and close friends. A Private Graveside service will be held at Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Alberta at a later date. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.reddeerfuneralhome.com. Arrangements entrusted to RED DEER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORIUM 6150 - 67 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-3319.

GAGNON Marcel Richard Aug. 15, 1981 - Sept. 26, 2013 At the age of 32, Marcel Gagnon, of Lacombe, suddenly passed away on September 26, 2013, leaving behind his two young children, Harley and Shanelle; and his fiancé Amanda Allison. Marcel was cremated at Wilson’s Crematorium of Lacombe. He was a loving father, brother, son, fiancé, and friend. He was a hard worker, and his quiet demeanor and witty attitude was loved by everyone around him. He will be deeply missed by everyone. There will be a non-traditional service for Marcel on October 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., in the Poplar Ridge Hall, 38543 Range Road 283, off Hwy 11A. All who knew him are welcome to come pay their respects.

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HOLLEBEKE Cyril Marcel 1938-2013 Cyril Marcel Hollebeke of Red Deer passed away in his home on Thursday, September 26, 2013, at the age of 74 years. Cyril was born on October 19, 1938 in Vlamertinge, Belgium. He came to Canada in 1955 with his family. Cyril and his wife, Rheanne, were married in 1960 and moved to Red Deer in 1961. He was employed by King Perry in 1961 and moved onto Massey Ferguson until the business closed in 1982. Cyril worked at Versaline and retired from RSC in 2004. His passions in life included h i s f a i t h f u l c a t W h i s k e y, his beloved grand-daughter Kayleigh, gardening, agriculture, good food (especially home cooking) and spending time with family and friends. Cyril is survived by his loving daughters; Denise (Tim) of Penhold, Michelle (Antoon) of Calgary, and Suzanne ( Te r e n c e ) o f R e d D e e r, his beloved grand-daughter, Kayleigh, his brothers; Maurits of Red Deer, Marcel of Red Deer, Andre (Mavis) of Weyburn, SK., and Lucien (Jean) of Red Deer, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, and friends. Cyril was predeceased by his wife, Rheanne, i n 2 0 0 4 , h i s b r o t h e r, Raphael, in 2002, and his parents; Odiel and Maria. A Funeral Service will be held at Eventide Funeral Chapel, 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer on Friday, October 4, 2013 a t 11 : 0 0 a . m . M e m o r i a l donations in Cyril’s name may be made directly to Whisker Rescue Society, City Center, PO Box 27138, Red Deer, Alberta, T4N 6X6. Condolences may be forwarded to the family by visiting www.eventidefuneralchapels.com Arrangements entrusted to EVENTIDE FUNERAL CHAPEL 4820 - 45 Street, Red Deer. Phone (403) 347-2222

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HUMPHREY James “Jim” Arthur Aug. 12, 1946 - Sept. 27, 2013 James “Jim” Arthur Humphrey passed away on September 27, 2013 after a lengthy battle with cancer, with his wife and best friend, Dory and sons; Tyler (Melanie) of Canmore and Trevor of Red Deer by his side. Jim will also be lovingly remembered by his brothers; George (Barb) of Kamloops, BC, Terry (Jan) of Spruce Grove, AB and Bill (Elaine) of Maple Ridge, BC as well as numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his parents, George and Evelyn Humphrey of Abbotsford, BC. Jim was retired after a thirty-five year career with the RCMP. He was a dedicated police officer, a devoted husband and father and will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved him. At Jim’s request there will be no Funeral. A private family graveside service will be held at a later date. Jim’s family would like to thank all the doctors and nurses involved with his care during his lengthy illness. Special thanks to Dr. McIntyre for always being there whenever we needed you. The amazing support you gave our family during this long and difficult journey will never be forgotten. You were our strength. Thanks also to everyone for your expressions of love, support, sympathy gifts of flowers and f o o d d u r i n g t h i s d i ff i c u l t time. Special thanks to the RCMP Veterans for your calls, condolences, especially Doug McLay and Kevin Glover. Thanks Doug and Kevin for all your support and guidance. To our incredible friends Dave and Lori Malone and George and Reta Dynes who have always been there for the good times and the difficult ones, thank you for your love, support and amazing friendship. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Maryann Hansen, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040.

LIDDICOAT Carol Jean (Nee Allan) Oct. 10, 1954 - Sept. 30, 2013 Carol Liddicoat of Red Deer, Alberta passed away on M o n d a y, S e p t e m b e r 3 0 , 2013. Carol is survived and lovingly remembered by husband, Howard; daughter, Kerri (Drew); 5 grandchildren; sister, Susan (John); brother, Doug and many extended family members. She will be remembered as a wonderful person who always thought of others and handled life’s difficulties with determination. Funeral services will be held at L.D.S. Bower Chapel, 3002- 47 Avenue, Red Deer on Friday, October 4, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. Those wishing to pay their respects to Carol are encouraged to do so immediately prior to the service, beginning at 10:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Cerebral Palsy Association or Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive),Red Deer. 403.340.4040

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RAMSTAD Melvin Herbert 1923 - 2013 Mr. Melvin Herbert, born on June 5, 1923 at Donalda, Alberta, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre. The family wishes to extend a heartfelt “Thank You” to the staff of Unit 22 at the Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre for all of their generous care and support. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made directly to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.parklandfuneralhome.com Arrangements in care of Joelle Valliere, Funeral Director at PARKLAND FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORIUM 6287 - 67 A Street (Taylor Drive), Red Deer. 403.340.4040

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MELLOTT Stanley Mason Sept. 29, 1928 -Sept. 29, 2013 Stanley Mason Mellott of Sylvan Lake passed away in Red Deer on September 29, 2013. Stanley will be sadly missed by his loving wife Marjorie along with sons Jerry (Jenna) and Dale (Norreen); daughter Beverly; grandchildren Christopher (Patricia), Jay (Hope), Kelsey (Nathan) and Kristina (Christopher). Brother Vern (Inez); sister Ollene; extended family and many friends. He is predeceased by father Jerry; mother Marion and sister Geneva. He will be fondly remembered by all who knew him. A Celebration Of Stanley’s life will be held at the Sylvan Lake Legion Branch 212, Sylvan Lake, AB on Saturday October 5, 2013 f r o m 2 : 0 0 t o 4 : 0 0 P. M . Cremation entrusted to the Rocky Mountain Crematorium. As an expression of sympathy memorial donations may be made in Stanley’s name to the Sylvan Lake Senior Bus. SYLVAN LAKE AND ROCKY FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORIUM your Golden Rule Funeral Homes, entrusted with the arrangements. 403-887-2151

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HSC and Safety Coordinator If you are a team player interested in the oil and gas industry, please submit your resume, current safety certificates to the following: Fax 403-887-4750 scornell@1strateenergy.ca

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ARAMARK at (Dow Prentiss Plant) about 20-25 minutes out of Red Deer needs hardworking, reliable, honest person w/drivers license, to work 40/hrs. per week w/some weekends, daytime hrs. $13/hr. Fax resume w/ref’s to 403-885-7006 Attn: Val Black

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Registered Nurses FULL-TIME PERMANENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE Ste. Rose General Hospital is a fully Accredited, 26-bed acute care hospital. Our Foundation provides free rent for one year (including utilities, cable & internet). We invite all interested applicants to submit applications, including résumé and references to: Human Resources Ste Rose General Hospital P.O. Box 60, Ste. Rose du Lac, MB R0L 1S0 Phone: (204) 447-4344 FAX: (204) 629-3458 E-mail: jsaquet@prha.mb.ca

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

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is currently accepting applications for a

POWER TONG OPERATOR

* Competitive wages. * Will train. * Rig exp. required. Fax resume w/drivers abstract and proof of tickets to: 403-843-2899

LOCAL SERVICE CO. in Red Deer REQ’S EXP. VACUUM TRUCK OPERATOR Must have Class 3 licence w/air & all oilfield tickets. Fax resume w/drivers abstract to 403-886-4475 Buying or Selling your home? Check out Homes for Sale in Classifieds

TEAM Snubbing Services now hiring experienced operators Email: janderson@ teamsnubbing.com fax 403-844-2148 Looking for a new pet? Check out Classifieds to find the purrfect pet.

Restaurant/ Hotel

Locally based, home every night! Qualified applicants

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

Professionals

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An oilfield maintenance company offering a competitive compensation and benefits requires a full-time

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DENNY’S IS NOW HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS. MUST BE AVAIL. ON WEEKENDS. BENEFITS AFTER 6 MONTHS Apply in Person!! GOLDEN DRAGON RESTAURANT HIRING Waitress & Dishwasher. For application please call 403-348-0081 or apply with-in. Pho Thuy Duong Vietnamese Restaurant hiring F/T kitchen help. $12./hr. Open avail.. Eves. & weekends. Please drop resume at Bay #4, 5108 52 St. RAMADA INN & SUITES REQUIRES ROOM ATTENDANTS. Exp. preferred. Only serious inquiries apply. Rate $13.50/hr. Drop off resume at: 6853 - 66 St. Red Deer or fax 403-342-4433

TAP HOUSE NORTH

(formerly Sam’s Cafe) is Accounting now taking applications for Clerk/Payroll and experienced SERVERS, Account BARTENDERS, DISHWASHERS AND Receivable Support.

requires OPTICAL ASSISTANT Training provided. Apply in person with resume to: 4924 59 St. Red Deer, AB.

Sales & Distributors

ELEMENTS is looking for 5 retail sales reps. selling season gift packages and personal care products in Parkland Mall, 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10 hr. + bonus & comm. FT. No exp. req`d. Please email elementsreddeer@gmail.com FLURRIES SHEEPSKIN is looking for 5 SALES REPS, selling shoes & apparel, at our Parkland Mall. 4747 67 St. Red Deer. $12.10/hr. + bonus & comm. F/T Position. No exp. req’d. Email Flurriesrd@gmail.com

Is looking for F/T SALESPERSON. Mon. - Fri. 8-5. Job requirements will be: quoting jobs, dealing with walk in clients, phone sales, scheduling and customer service. Very competitive wages and benefit package. Fax resumes to: 403-343-1325

Trades

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BRAATT CONST.

Of Red Deer is seeking exp’d. carpenters for the agricultural industry. Must have drivers license. Call Brad 403-588-8588

The hourly rate will be $13.10. Call 403-347-1414 or Fax to: 403-347-1161

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

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DUE TO A LARGE INCREASE IN BUSINESS,

PIKE WHEATON CHEVROLET

is currently seeking JOURNEYMAN AUTOMOTIVE TECHNICIANS & SERVICE ADVISORS. We offer competitive wages, a great working environment, and a great benefit package. Please email resume to Joey Huckabone joey@pikewheatonchev.ca EXP’D Siding installer with truck & tools. New const. $100 per sq. We pay comp. 403-347-2522

F/T PAINTER

Canada’s largest home health care supplier has an exciting Opportunity for a

Customer Service Representative

Commercial/Residential Brush/Roll Application. Exp. req’d. Vehicle req’d. Contact Drew at CCL 403-596-1829 F/T SATELLITE INSTALLERS - Good hours, home every night, $4000-$6000/mo. Contractor must have truck or van. Tools, supplies & ladders required. Training provided, no experience needed. Apply to: satjobs@shaw.ca

Delivers outstanding Customer service. Attention to detail. Good Sales Skills. Knowledge of POS. REBEL METAL Good verbal and written Communication skill. FABRICATORS Organizational skills. DRAFTSPERSON Send resumes by fax to GOODMEN Immediate Opportunity. 403-342-4516 Attn: ROOFING LTD. This position is responsible Robert or email Requires for ABSA drawings & shop Rhogan@ layout drawings for truck Shoppershomehealthcare.ca SLOPED ROOFERS mounted vacuum systems LABOURERS using Autodesk Inventor. SOAP Stories is seeking 5 & FLAT ROOFERS Production Bonuses retail sales reps. Selling Comp. wages & benefits. s o a p & b a t h p r o d u c t s . Valid Driver’s Licence Long term employment $12.10 hr + bonus & compreferred. Fax or email Please email resume to mission. Ft No exp. req`d. hr@rebelvac.ca Parkland Mall 4747 67 St. info@goodmenroofing.ca or (403)341-6722 Or fax to: 403-314-2249 Red Deer. email resume to NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE! premierjobrd@gmail.com

Restaurant/ Hotel

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Trades

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Trades

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JEETS PLUMBING & HEATING 1st or 2nd Year Apprentice. Competitive wages. Fax resume: 403-356-0244 JOURNEYMAN H.D. MECHANIC req’d immed. for very busy heavy equip. sales lot in Innisfail. Wage range $25. - $35/hr depending on exp. Preference will be given to those with previous equipment rental service, lifts and off road construction equipment experience. Fax resume to 403-227-5701 or email: bouvier9@telus.net

LINE LOCATING ASSISTANT REQUIRED

Central Line Locating req’s a locator assistant. No experience necessary, willing to train. Must be physically fit. Working varied hours. Send resumes to: office@ centrallinelocating.com Fax 403-747-3535 Office: 403-747-3017 LOCAL certified trailer manufacturer looking to fill the following positions: Lead Frame Foreman Framer helpers with experience Journeyman Carpenters Carpenter helpers with experience General Tradesmen with experience in various aspects of construction industry. Indoor, year-round work, top wages and top benefit packages. Please email resume to inquiries@sheltersrus.ca or call Alex between the hours of 8AM-8PM Monday to Friday 403-350-7086

LOOKING for concrete carpenters, placers and finishers with experience. Send resume to tri-blade@shaw.ca or Fax: 403-755-3130 phone 403-598-1394

Trades

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Trades

MOTIVATED individual required to work as apprentice in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning trade. Good mechanical and people skills an asset. Clean driver’s license mandatory. email: info@ comfortecheating.com fax: 403-309-8302

Shipper / Receiver

AES INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES LTD. looking for an energetic/ enthusiastic individual for our receiving department. Fax resume to 403-342-0233 STAIR MANUFACTURER Req’s F/T workers to build stairs in Red Deer shop. MUST HAVE basic carpentry skills. Salary based on skill level. Benefits avail. Apply in person at 100, 7491 Edgar Industrial Bend. email: earl707@telus.net. and/or fax 403-347-7913 Tired of Standing? Find something to sit on in Classifieds

Start your career! See Help Wanted

OWEN OIL TOOLS Required Immediately Experienced CNC Operators/Machinists and Production Workers willing to work various shifts. We offer: RESPECT, Full Benefit package and competitive salary. Please e-mail resume to Jim Nowicki at Jim.Nowicki@corelab.com Pro-Water Conditioning in Lacombe seeks a highly motivated individual to install and service water treatment equipment, pumps and pressure systems. Experience with Auto Trol and Fleck is an asset. Resumes to lori7151@me.com

Wanted experienced only, industrial preppers, painters and coaters for full time positions. Also looking for a full time experienced yard person with forklift ticket. Fax resume to 403-346-0626 or email to nancy.hacoatings @gmail.com

REBEL METAL FABRICATORS MIG WELDERS 2nd, 3rd Yr.

APPRENTICES

Production Bonuses Comp. wages & benefits. Long term employment Please email resume to shop@rebelvac.ca Or fax to: 403-314-2249

WE ARE GROWING, NOW HIRING

F/T MEAT CUTTER

Competitive wages. Apply in person or fax resume to 403-885-5231.

Required Immediately WELDER REQUIRED PARTS MAN

For shop position for Parts man required for National Coil Tubing rapidly expanding HD Manufacturing Company. Parts Supply Store. Tig exp. REQUIRED. Must be able to work 8-5:30. Some OT. 9 days on, unsupervised in a fast 5 days off. Shift negotiable. paced environment. Salary based on Have experience in the heavy truck/trailer industry. experience & qualification. Email resume, complete Must possess strong with references to: customer service skills. dbraun@tenaris.com Above average wages, benefits package. Apply with resume @ Truckers/ Artic Truck, Email: ron.cain@nfleetsolutions.com Drivers Fax: 403-348-5198

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Service Plumbing & Heating is looking for experienced residential and commercial service technician with current Alberta gas/plumbing ticket. Benefit package after 3 months, wages based on experience. Email: info@serviceplumbing.ca or fax to (403) 342-2025

850

Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom oilfield equipment for international clients, within our 7 shops and 10 acres of land in Innisfail Ab.

DRIVER req’d. for city & rural deliveries, must be able to work alone and with others. Duties incl. driving, shipping/receiving and customer service. Class 3 with air ticket and abstract is req’d. Drop resume off at Weldco #11, 7491 49th Ave. or fax to 403-346-1065. No phone calls please. Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 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.

LIMO

Arrow Limousine. Qualified local p/t drivers for eves/wknds. We will train. N/S vehicles. Drug testing mandatory. Patience a definite asset 403-346-0034 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

Continuous learning and growth is our goal for every employee! If you would like to be a part of a growing and dynamic team of professionals in your field, we are currently seeking:

JOURNEYMAN AND APPRENTICE WELDERS

Competitive starting wages These are full-time permanent shop positions with benefits packages including Health, RRSP and Tool Allowance programs. Please fax resume to: email to:

KITCHEN HELPERS For (Thai Cuisine) wage $12 hr. Please apply in person w/resume to: BLACKJACK LOUNGE #1, 6350 - 67 St. Phone/Fax: 403-347-2118

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DELIVERY DRIVERS

Daytime, Evening, FT & PT Shifts Available

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

hr@bilton.ca

MAINTENANCE POSITION

Truckers/ Drivers

Rahr Malting Canada Ltd, a leading manufacturer of Brewer’s Malt, is now accepting applications for a full time Maintenance position. The position includes maintenance inspections, lubes, PM’s and repairs to all types of equipment in order to maintain the safe operation and fulfill production requirements of Rahr Malting. The position is rated under the Heavy Job classification. This position will work in coordination with the Operations group and is accountable to the Maintenance Supervisor. A valid trade certificate is an asset but not mandatory. Experience in manufacturing or factory environment is preferred.

TOO MUCH STUFF? Let Classifieds help you sell it.

THREE Class 3 w/airbrake endorsement needed immed. for new contract. Email resume to canpak@xplornet.ca or call 403-341-9300

860 DRIVEN TO EXCEL FROM START TO FINISH

Requires

STEAM TRUCK OPERATOR

We require an organized individual to operate our steam truck on site and in the yard, and perform routine maintenance. This position will be based out of our Blackfalds office. Assets include: Class 5Q Driver’s license and all safety tickets.

Application Closing Date: October 25 2013. Applicants should include a resume and apply in writing to: Rahr Malting Canada Ltd. Attn: Human Resources Box 113 Alix, Alberta T0C 0B0 FAX: (403)747-2660 EMAIL : mlyle@rahr.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

850

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

403-227-7796

Pidherney’s offers:

• Top paid wages based on experience • Scheduled days off • Benefits package • Company matched RRSP’s

Fax résumé to 403-845-5370 E-mail: hr@pidherneys.com

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NOW HIRING AT ALL LOCATIONS

...Join our Team!

Please specify position when replying to this ad. We would like to thank all those candidates who apply, however only qualified personnel will be contacted.

Fluid Experts Ltd.

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Fluid Experts of Red Deer is seeking experienced

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Class 1 Operators

to haul clean fluids for the Oil & Gas Industry. Home every night, company benefits with exceptional pay structure. Must be able to work on their own with minimal supervision. Compensation based on experience. Fax resume w/all tickets and current drivers abstract to: 403-346-3112 or email to: roger@fluidexperts.com

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COOKS. Bring resume to 7101 Gaetz Ave. Red Deer CHILES SANDBLASTING & PAINTING REQ’S THE RUSTY PELICAN is I Labourer & 1 Prepper, now accepting resumes for exp. would be an asset, F/T Exp’d LINE COOKS must be avail. nights and must have own transportation. Wage is $15 - $18/hr. weekends. Must have: Please submit resume by fax: 403-340-3800 • 2-3 yrs. post secondary education. DOCK Person with • 2-5 yrs. training Forklift exp, needed. • 2-5 yrs. on-the-job exp. Call 403-346-0158 or fax • Provide references resume to 403-314-9234

LIQUIDATORS

KFC requires

Oilfield

Restaurant/ Hotel

SERVICE RIG

Bearspaw Petroleum Ltd is seeking exp’d FLOORHANDS and DERRICK HANDS

This position requires experience in all accounting functions, and the ability to perform a variety of duties, including reconciliation of accounts, the preparation of company payroll and associated government reporting tasks. Some assistance to the accounts receivable department and office reception will be required. Do you have a Desire The successful candidate to be Part of a will possess: Growing Company... • Strong initiatives • Good judgment in handling Experienced Oilfield confidential materials Construction • Experience with MS Lead Hands Office products including Excel, Word, Outlook Experienced Oilfield • Works well indepenConstruction dently and in a team environment Labourers • Excellent communication Journeyman Picker and time management Operator (Class 1) If you are interested in this position, please forward your resume with the Alstar Oilfield is looking for attention of Human highly motivated individuals Resources to to join our Team in Hinton. resumes@ Alstar has been serving the newcartcontracting.com or oil and gas construction you may fax it to industry since 1969. (403) 729-2396. Please Apply at www.alstaroilfield.com EYEWEAR Career Section

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

CCCSI is hiring sanitation workers for the afternoon and evening shifts. Get paid weekly, $14.22/hr. Call 403-348-8440 or fax 403-348-8463

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RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 D3

FAST TRACK PHOTOS Call 403-309-3300 to get your vehicle pictured here

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

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

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

2003 HONDA Odyssey EX-L V6. Loaded.

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

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

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

348-8788 Sport & Import

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

2008 JEEP Rubicon

REDUCED $20,500 2010 Toyota Tacoma 4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, great cond. 59,500 kms. Call 403-302-2175

2008 LAND ROVER SE LR 2, 4X4, sunroofs, $19888

2011 CARDINAL 38’. Only used once. Top line. $56.000 obo. 403-347-5947

Wrangler 4X4, $20,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import

AB Sport & Import 403-348-8788

2006 COROLLA CE. exc. cond. 78,000. kims. Offers. 403-392-5628

One owner. $7800. Call 403-396-0722.

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

2004 CHEV Avalanche 4x4 loaded $8000 obo SOLD

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

DO YOU HAVE VEHICLE ACCESSORIES

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

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

348-8788 Sport & Import

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011 F-350 Lariat Diesel. Loaded + spare fuel/toolbox & 5th wheel hitch. 28,000 km. $53,000 obo. 403-347-5947

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

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

2010 CHEV Silverado 1500 LT 4X4, Z-71 $22,888 348-8788 Sport & Import

2011 KEYSTONE Alpine $54,900. Top of the line. Satellite dish, built in Cummins Onan generator, Sub-zero insulation pckg. 403 357 6950

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

2005 AUDI S4 6 SPEED. Mint, 94,661 km. Sport & Import 7652-50 Ave ***SOLD***

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

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

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

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

2002 LEXUS SC 430 convertible/hardtop $14,888.

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

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

2008 CHEVY Colorado Vortec 3.7 L, 4wd, good tires & brakes, Linex box liner & undercover. 403-783-2064

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

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

2005 HR Imperial

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

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

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

2008 GMC Acadia SLE

2007 SATURN I0N auto, p. windows/doors, low mileage, only 54,000 kms, $7900 obo ***SOLD***

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

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

348-8788 Sport & Import

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

400 HP Cummins, 4 slides, Aqua-Hot Heating, Jake Brake, 10kW Genset 403-887-0911

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

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

2012 Tiffin Allegro

Breeze 32’ Diesel Pusher, 2 slides, 5200 miles, Onan Genset, Leveling system 403-887-0911

2013 Monte Carlo 38’

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

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2010 BMW 528i X-DRIVE

Stk #VP4674. fully loaded, auto, roof NAV, only 43,000 kms

34,990 or 286/b.w. 39,990 or 245/b.w. GARY MOE $

VOLKSWAGEN

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

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

1 owner, only 24,000 kms

roof, loaded, only 24,000 kms

36,990 or 273/b.w. $

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

42,990 or 309/b.w.

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2011 TOYOTA 4-RUNNER LIMITED 4X4 $

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SAVINGS

D4 RED DEER ADVOCATE Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013

SHOPPERS HOME HEALTH CARE

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Misc. Help

Misc. for Sale

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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

C E D A R s c r e e n d o o r. Brand new/never used. 36” X 80.5”. Comes with a Canada’s largest home set of new hardware. $60. health care supplier has an Call (403) 342-7908. exciting Opportunity for a FREE STUFF. 1980 solid DELIVERY DRIVER/ wood cabinet stereo, wood SET UP highchair, small bookcase, TECHNICIAN kids toys 403-342-5609 Class 5 license Clean, KENMORE, dehumidifyer, Clear drivers abstract 24L, exc. cond. $75.; 8’ Installing and set-up of live cactus plant, $50; wool equipment in client’s accent carpet, clean, $20; homes. Mechanical and Audrey Hepburn purse, electrical aptitude an $25.; 4 boxes, 12 gauge asset. Verbal and written shotgun shells, $24. Communication skills. 403-352-8811 Understands the importance of delivering LAMP, COFFEE MAKER, legendary customer PLACEMATS, HOUSEservice. Send resumes by HOLD ITEMS. Whole box fax to 403-342-4516 for $20. 403-314-9603 Attn: Robert or email LINCOLN 225 WELDER Rhogan@ with new helmet $200. Shoppershomehealthcare.ca 403-314-0804 OUTDOOR WILLOW Misc. BASKETS & CHAIRS. CLASSIFICATIONS Help Ideal for holding a 10” flower pot. $25 each. 1500-1990 4 chairs & 2 baskets. Academic Express 403-346-7825 ADULT EDUCATION Children's AND TRAINING SNOWTHROWER Items Electric Murray 12 AMP/20”. FALL START CHILDS HIKING SHOES Asking $75. Size 13. Columbia. Like Call 403 358-3073 • GED preparation new. $20. 403-314-9603 ZERO Halliburton Large to start November 5 Aluminum suitcase $100. Gov’t of Alberta Funding OFFICE CHAIR $15. Clothing may be available. 2 BURNER Propane Camp Stove $15. 403-340-1930 MEN’S size L hunting/cam403-340-1644 www.academicexpress.ca mo jackets, etc. $100/all 403-342-5609

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CUSTOM built saw mill, CATHOLIC Social close to $20,000 to build, Services is offering a all hydraulic operation,35’ rewarding opportunity for long, V twin engine, $4500 obo individuals or families living 403-883-2013 403-740-53381 within the Red Deer region who are willing to open their homes to children and Equipmentyouth with developmental Heavy disabilities. As a Host Home provider, TRAILERS for sale or rent you will provide room and Job site, office, well site or board, supervision, care storage. Skidded or and personal development wheeled. Call 347-7721. in a safe, nurturing environment on a shortterm or extended basis. Tools A current criminal record check, child intervention check and driver’s license CUSTOM made router taare required. ble w/brand new router The successful candidate $200 403-347-3712 will receive training, support and remuneration. If you would like to make a Firewood difference in the life of a child, please contact a Service Coordinator AFFORDABLE 403 347 8844. Ext. 2954 Homestead Firewood Birch, Spruce, Pine - Split DISPATCHER req’d. 7 days/wk. 403-304-6472 Knowledge of Red Deer and area is essential. FIREWOOD. Pine, Spruce, Verbal and written Poplar. Can deliver communication skills are 1-4 cords. 403-844-0227 req’d. Send resume by fax LOGS to 403-346-0295 Semi loads of pine, spruce, F/T SECURITY GUARDS tamarack, poplar. Weekends & evenings. Price depends on location. TRI-WEST Security Lil Mule Logging Rate of $16 -$19/hour. 403-318-4346 pending experience. Must Now Offering Hotter, Cleaner have security license BC Birch. All Types. P.U. / Email resume to: del. Lyle 403-783-2275 triwestab@yahoo.ca SEASONED BIRCH MOBIL 1 Lube Express 403-350-1664 Gasoline Alley req’s an Exp. Tech. Fax 403-314-9207 SPLIT Dry Firewood. Delivery avail (403)845-8989 Orkin Canada is seeking full time Sales/Service Technicians for Red Deer Household and surrounding area. We Appliances offer competitive salary/ bonus package, company FRIDGE. Estate, white vehicle and various with top freezer. Good benefits. Clean abstract a cond. $195. 403-986-2114 must. Interested MCCLEARY FRIDGE, candidates please forward 4’x2’, $200. 403-314-0804 resume to rsmith@ orkincanada.com or by fax at 403-279-4059 Household

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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

Furnishings

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COUCH/Sofa bed, clean in exc. cond. $125. Deck table, green metal with glass top 38”x60” 4 chairs, w/ matching rocker chair (new was $700). Asking $85. 403-352-8811 TABLE, round, Maple, 40”, 4 chairs. Exc. cond. $200. 403-352-8811

Pet Services

AT RUFF N TUMBLE DOGGIE DAYCARE AND KENNELS we provide play and socialization for your pet that will leave them happy and satisfied at the end of the day! Daycare and overnight stays available. Please contact us for booking a stay or play day! Phone 403-782-5322.

ruffntumblekennels.ca ruffntumble@live.ca

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Cats

(2) BURMAN kittens. $40/ea. 403-887-3649

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Dogs

BERNESE MOUNTAIN dog puppies, ready to go NOW 403-357-7108 F1B GOLDEN DOODLES, black now but will brindle as they get older. Non shedding, well handled, long time breeder. $900. Delivered to Alberta. Text 306-521-1371 www.furtettishfarm.ca

Sporting Goods

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Travel Packages

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SUV's

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Fifth Wheels

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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 SYLVAN 2 bdrm. newly reno’d, private entrance, close to shopping, avail. Oct. 1, 403-341-9974

Manufactured Homes

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Newly Reno’d Mobile FREE Shaw Cable + more $950/month Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

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4 Plexes/ 6 Plexes

ORIOLE PARK

3 bdrm., 1-1/2 bath, $1125. rent, s.d. $650, incl water sewer and garbage. Avail. Nov 1 403-304-5337

1 BDRM apt. at the rear side of 4616-44St., 1/2 block from farmers market, for Nov. 1st. Quiet bldg & avail. to over 50 non smoker, non partier & no pets. Laundry on site. $750/mo/s.d 403-341-4627 1 BDRM. No pets. $675 rent/s.d. Avail. Nov. 1st. Call 403-227-1844 LARGE, 1, 2 & 3 BDRM. SUITES. 25+, adults only n/s, no pets 403-346-7111

MORRISROE MANOR

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

THE NORDIC

1 & 2 bdrm. adult building, N/S. No pets. 403-596-2444

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Roommates Wanted

N/S, executive home, all utils incl + high spd. internet & digital cable. $600/mo + d.d. 403-357-0320

Auto Wreckers

FURN. room, all utils. and cable incld, $425/mo. 403-506-3277 MOUNTVIEW: Avail. fully furn bdrm for rent. $500/$250. Working M only 403-396-2468 VANIER WOODS 1 bdrm. $490/mo. + DD 403-588-6268 after 6 pm.

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homes

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2011 KEYSTONE Alpine RED’S AUTO. Free Scrap $54,900. Top of the line. Vehicle & Metal Removal. Satellite dish, built in AMVIC APPROVED. Cummins Onan generator, We travel. May pay cash Sub-zero insulation pckg. for vehicle. 403-396-7519 and much more. Avail. for Central Alberta’s Largest viewing. Call 403 357 6950 Vehicles Car Lot in Classifieds Wanted Start your career! To Buy See Help Wanted

BUY OR SELL, 2001 FORD Explorer lots CALL CORDELL of extras, very clean, AT MAXWELL $3500 obo 403-314-4857 ACREAGE NEAR DELBURNE

9.67 Acres.

1730 sq.ft. fully reno’d home. $379,900. 403-318-5478 LOCATION... LOCATION! On pavement, min. from Innisfail, 1500 sq. ft. ranch style home on 3.81 acres. 5 bdrms., w/2.5 baths, att. car port, cedar vaulted ceiling, 2 fireplaces, high speed DSL internet. $495,000. 403-357-9930

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Trucks

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Manufactured Homes

MUST SELL By Owner. Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

Commercial Property

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REDUCED ! Must Sell by Oct. 5 2010 Toyota Tacoma

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Boats & Marine

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2000 CAMPION 552 with 200 hrs on 2007 Volvo Penta 4.3L I/O. All cushions, seats & tarps in great shape & winterized. Garmin fishfinder 597C & full instrument panel. Asking $18,000, can be viewed on Kijiji. 403-341-4627 before I put the tarp on for winter.

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4x4 black with grey interior 4 cyl. 4 spd. Clean, Snowmobiles great cond. 59,500 kms. $20,500 2011 POLARIS Assault, Call 403-302-2175 many new parts. $8200 obo 403-396-5314

A-1 WILLY’S Parts Place Inc. Will haul away salvage cars free in city limits. Will pay for some. Only AMVIC approved salvage yard in Red Deer 403-346-7278

RED’S AUTO. Free scrap vehicle & metal removal. We travel. May pay cash for vehicle. AMVIC APPROVED. 403-396-7519

Misc. Automotive

33,175 SQ. FT. manufac- 2010 CHEV Silverado 1500 turing bldg. on 5.8 Acres LT 4X4, Z-71 $22,888 for $1.4 Million. Heavy 348-8788 Sport & Import P o w e r, 1 0 To n c r a n e , oversized loading doors, & large graveled storage yard. 45 mins outside of Calgary in Linden, AB. Call Colliers International, Evan Truman (403) 215-7252. FOR SALE: Share of commercial building in prime location in Red Deer. Returns averaging between 8-10% annually. Professionally managed. Asking $220,000. Reply to Box 1060, c/o R. D. Advocate, 2950 Bremner Ave., Red Deer, AB T4R 1M9

2008 CHEVY Colorado Vortec 3.7 L, 4wd, good tires & brakes, Linex box liner & undercover. 783-2064 Something for Everyone Everyday in Classifieds

SMALL / LARGE SPACES -Free standing - fenced yards For all your needs. 400-46,000 ft. 403-343-6615

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1993 F150 S/C flareside, 1 of a kind, very clean, lots of extras $5500 obo 403-314-4857

wheels CLASSIFICATIONS

Vans Buses

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Cars

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2005 CRYSLER Sebring 93,500 kms. $5500. 2004 Mustang Convertible 92,000 kms., $8900. Both in exc. cond. 403-346-2626 2004 CHEV Impala, $4200. 403-341-3593 msg. 2000 NEON, 2L, 4 dr., 5 spd. Red, 403-318-3040

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2003 HONDA Odyssey EX-L V6. Loaded. One owner. $7800. Call 403-396-0722. 1976 CHEVY VAN, 106,000 original miles. Good shape. Asking $1000. 403-346-3394, 877-1352 Celebrate your life with a Classified ANNOUNCEMENT

Public Notices

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SCRAP metal and cars, trades 403-304-7585

Classifieds Your place to SELL Your place to BUY

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Rooms For Rent

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HITCHES (2) 3’ in width. $50. And a new hitch $150. 403-314-0804

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Suites

Tires, Parts Acces.

PUBLIC NOTICES

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Onsite Auction Conducted by:

AB STORAGE

Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (SOUTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges: Teckla Ballantyne (Reserve Auction) Toni Hindman/ Shanon Kelly Garry Bush Blair Battenfelder John Roberge Robert Scheeler Amanda Morey (Reserve Auction)

Tammy Cave Stephen Maloney David Fiske Chrystal Lambert Brian Odonnell Kimberly Kanhai (Reserve Auction)

The sale will be held on Thursday, October 17, 2013 at AB Storage (SOUTH), 88 Petrolia Drive, Red Deer County, Alberta T4E 1B4. The goods may be viewed at 10:00 am. All bids are sealed and are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Payment can be made with cash, debit card or credit card. 322446J2,9

Onsite Auction Conducted by:

AB STORAGE Take notice that miscellaneous goods and chattels belonging to the following person(s) and stored at AB Storage (NORTH) will be sold due to unpaid charges:

Chastity Meechance Max Cowlard Charlotte Connelly Kain Tetz Sherry Dubuque Jonah Setzer

Stuart Murray Ernie Tersigni Tyler Pearson Calvin Desjarlais Douglas Pyska

The sale will be on Friday, October 18, 2013 at AB Storage (NORTH), 4904 79 Street, Red Deer, Alberta T4P 2V2. The goods may be viewed at 10:00 am. All bids are sealed and are for the entire contents of the storage unit. Payment can be made with cash, debit card or credit card. 322447J9

at www.garymoe.com

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Realtors & Services

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AGRICULTURAL

CLASSIFICATIONS 2000-2290

Locally owned and family operated

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

3 BI-FOLD doors for 24” opening, 2 doors for 30” opening with hardware Grain, Feed $20/ea; Canada hockey Hay bag with wheels $20 403-346-9311 TIMOTHY & Brome square 3 P O R C E L I N E d o l l s bales, great for horses, ap$20/ea; dbl. comforter and prox. 60 lbs. put up dry bed skirt, $20; skidoo and covered, $5/bale boots size 6 ladies $20; set Sylvan area. 403-887-2798 of Corelle dishes $20; small 32” fiber optic Christmas tree $10; electric Christmas house $15; brand new queen bed skirt $20; 403-352-3521 ALLIED FLOATING TANK DE-ICER, 1500 Watt. $15. CLASSIFICATIONS W.P. Brown Speedy FOR RENT • 3000-3200 Sprayer Compressor. WANTED • 3250-3390 For fish pond. $20. WEEKEND dispatchers 403-340-1644 req’d. immediately. BAR SINK, brand new. Houses/ Knowledge of Red Deer $60. 403-343-7884 essential. Will require good Duplexes verbal and written commuHANGERS. Wooden, nication skills. Fax resume Plastic, Metal. Box full for 3 FLR, 3 Bdrm house w/3 to 403-346-0295 $10. 403-314-9603 bath, new paint & carpets & deck at 7316-59 Ave. Avail. to over 40 tenants. Misc. No pets. Off street parking Help for 3 vehicles. Rent $1600, D.D. $1600. 403-341-4627 GRANDVIEW 4 bdrm., 3 bath house, 5 appls. large yard, N/S $1400./mo + utisl. Avail mid. Oct. 403-350-4230 WANTED- 3 bedroom home or town house with EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES appliances, basement and garage. Small dog and Badger Daylighting is recruiting for the following positions in smoking. Mature Couple, Badger’s Red Deer Ofﬁce for a Shipper Receiver. Nov1-2013. Contact us at 780-902-6013 or email at Badger Daylighting is North America’s largest provider of bjportr@telus.net. Looking non-destructive excavating services. The Company’s key in Red Deer area or Red technology is the Badger Hydrovac, which is used primarily for Deer County. safe digging in congested grounds and challenging conditions. The Badger Hydrovac uses a pressurized water stream to liquefy the soil cover, which is then removed with a powerful Condos/ vacuum system and deposited into a storage tank. Badger Townhouses manufactures its own truck-mounted hydrovac units. 2 BDRM. CONDO. New paint, fridge & stove. Experienced Shipper / Receiver positioned $950/mo/d.d. 587-679-2233 at our manufacturing facility in Red Deer. Forklift 3 BDRM, 1 1/2 bath townexperience is an asset however, the successful house in well kept condominium candidate will need to be physically fit and self- complex at #9, 15 Stanton St. 5 appls & fenced yard. motivated. Applicants will be expected have some Tenants must be over 40 Shipping Receiving, Inventory control as well as be w/references & quiet living. part of a team, being able to meet deadlines. Avail. Nov. 1st for $1300/mo. $1300 D.D. 403-341-4627 NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE: AVA I L . O c t 1 , 4 b d r m . townhouse, 4 appl., hardInterested applicants should respond with a wood, 2 parking stalls, resume to: jwinter@badgerinc.com close to shopping & schools. $1200 + util. + d.d Fax 403-343-0490 403-506-0054

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Houses For Sale

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Vencor is currently hiring the following positions in various locations throughout

2008 LAND ROVER SE LR 2, 4X4, sunroofs, $19888 348-8788 Sport & Import 2008 JEEP Rubicon Wrangler 4X4, $20,888. 348-8788 Sport & Import 2006 TUSCON V6 fwd, orig. owner, ONLY 23,700 kms, $11,900 403-346-2867

5 BDRMS. 3 full baths, 2 fireplaces, heated 28 30’ garage, large fenced lot, RV parking. Call Bill or Pat owners 403-341-6204 or 403-350-0014 FREE Weekly list of properties for sale w/details, prices, address, owner’s phone #, etc. 342-7355 Help-U-Sell of Red Deer www.homesreddeer.com

MOVE IN TODAY

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

RENOVATED spacious 5 bdrm. home in Big Valley, new kitchen and deck,renovated bathrooms with a large jetted tub, new floor, new windows in some rooms, double lot, nice backyard with trees, single garage with heat stove, May consider rent to own. Asking $115,000 obo. Call Gord 403-710-4085

www.laebon.com Laebon Homes 346-7273

Condos/ Townhouses

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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!

NOW HIRING

Production Testing Crews

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

rentals

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HERE TO HELP & HERE TO SERVE

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Acreages

LEGACY ESTSATE: Best Adult Retirement Community 60+. 1 Bdrm. luxury condo unit. $800 + utils. Call John 403-302-4444

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Horses

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HOCKEY NET, like new $20 403-343-7884 SKIS, $100. Mobile 403-343-7884 Lot SNOW BOARD Boots, MOBILE HOME PAD, in size 9 (2 pairs) $50 each. Red Deer Close to Gaetz, 1 pr. size 3, $20. 2 car park, Shaw cable incl. 403-343-7884 Sharon / Wanda 403-340-0225

WANTED

Antiques, furniture and estates. 342-2514

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Condos/ Townhouses

Northern & Central Alberta: Day Supervisors Night Supervisors Assistants APPLY NOW! resumes@vencorproduction.com Fax: 780-778-6998

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY Bilton Welding and Manufacturing Ltd. designs, engineers and manufactures custom energy equipment. Since 1992, Bilton has worked with engineering firms and oil and natural gas producers around the globe to develop their own equipment standards for size, capacity and any number of technical specifications. We operate seven manufacturing facilities in Innisfail, Alberta and employ over 175 people. With your long-term interests in mind, we provide you with ample opportunities to achieve your career goals. We’ll provide you with hands-on training and an opportunity to work on some of the most interesting projects and applications in the energy sector. We currently have career opportunities for a professional;

CAD DESIGNER / DRAFTSPERSON Essential Job Functions • design/draft tanks, vessels and piping packages • create detailed fabrication drawings using inventor software • interpret customer and engineering markups and make changes to drawings • create drawing files for parts to be cut by the plasma table • administrate autodesk vault, inventor content center libraries and autocad plant 3d specs The incumbent must possess the following; • diploma in Engineering Design and Drafting Technology or equivalent • certified Engineering Technologist (CET) • minimum 3 year’s experience designing/drafting piping packages, pressure vessels, tanks and skids • proficient with using AutoCAD, plant 3d, and inventor • experience with creating BOM’s and utilizing an ERP software (M2M preferred) • experience using a nesting software (ProNest preferred)

We offer competitive wage and benefits packages Only applicants chosen for an interview will be contacted.

Please forward your resume via fax to (403) 227-7796 or e-mail to hr@bilton.ca

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Deer Lake, near Bashaw, forcing evacuation of 500 people from three towns. 1895 — Ottawa sets up northern districts of Yukon, Ungava, Mackenzie and Franklin, under the control of the North West Territories government at Regina. Yukon becomes a territory in 1897, with the others divided into the districts of Mackenzie, Keewatin and Franklin in 1918. 1887 — Fraser River fisherman nets a 3.65-metre (12-foot) sturgeon, weighing 373 kg (822 pounds).

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stock up & save view weekly specials at: realcanadianliquorstore.ca

98 /12 cans

PC® Pilsener, Dry, Honey Red or Light beer

works out 12 x 355 mL to 0.92 per can 589982/ 823779/ 814334/ 879246

98 750 mL

Peller Estates Proprietor’s Reserve

6 10 13 16 98

750 mL

Barefoot

assorted varieties

1884 Reservado Malbec

Kim Crawford Sauvignon Blanc

Zenato Ripassa Valpolicella

726946, 439176, 141367, 683181, 940944

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50 mL with purchase while quantities last

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large 24 pack

98 /24 cans

works out to 1.00 per can

Keystone or Keystone Light beer 24 x 355 mL 478160/ 922302

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50 mL

with purchase

while quantities last

large 1.14 L

Stella Artois beer

Molson Canadian or Coors Light beer 8 x 355 mL

/12 bottles 12 x 330 mL

19 46 27 19 16 98

750 mL

1.14 L

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Bacardi Wiser’s De Luxe white rum or Spiced Vanilla rye

Alberta vodka

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Prices effective Wednesday, October 2 to Sunday, October 6, 2013 IN THIS AREA ONLY

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